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"sage (herb)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
洋紫苏 洋紫蘇 yáng zǐ sū sage (herb)
洋苏 洋蘇 yáng sū sage (herb)
茜紫 qiàn zǐ sage (herb)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
圣人 聖人 shèng rén sage / the Sage (i.e. Confucius) / (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty / (religion) saint syn
香草 xiāng cǎo aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
智者 zhì zhě sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person syn
圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn
药草 藥草 yào cǎo medicinal herb syn
诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn
圣手 聖手 shèng shǒu divine physician / sage doctor / highly skilled practitioner syn
草本 cǎo běn grass / herb
丹参 丹參 dān shēn (botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza) syn
野菜 yě cài wild herb / potherb
释迦牟尼 釋迦牟尼 shì jiā móu ní Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
木香 mù xiāng costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei syn
孙大圣 孫大聖 sūn dà shèng Great-Sage Sun / Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1]
三七 sān qī pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
圣庙 聖廟 shèng miào shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius) syn
大圣 大聖 dà shèng great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha
雪莲 雪蓮 xuě lián snow lotus herb / Saussurea involucrata
齐天大圣 齊天大聖 qí tiān dà shèng Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
凉茶 涼茶 liáng chá Chinese herb tea
王羲之 wáng xī zhī Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣
先贤 先賢 xiān xián (literary) ancient sage syn
仙草 xiān cǎo medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly
圣明 聖明 shèng míng enlightened sage / brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)
姜子牙 薑子牙 jiāng zǐ yá Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
贤王 賢王 xián wáng sage kings
鼠尾草 shǔ wěi cǎo sage (Salvia officinalis)
贤能 賢能 xián néng sage syn
荆芥 荊芥 jīng jiè schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
圣训 聖訓 shèng xùn sage's instructions / imperial edict
圣 聖 shèng (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual / paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy / sacred syn
哲 喆 zhé wise / a sage syn
诗圣 詩聖 shī shèng "sage of poetry", epithet of Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3] syn
书圣 書聖 shū shèng great calligraphy master / the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361)
圣雄 聖雄 shèng xióng sage hero / refers to Mahatma Gandhi
车前草 車前草 chē qián cǎo plantain herb (Plantago asiatica)
舜 shùn Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
芗 薌 xiāng aromatic herb used for seasoning / variant of 香[xiang1]
蕲 蘄 qí (herb) / implore / pray / place name
蒗 làng (herb) / place name
生药 生藥 shēng yào unprocessed medicinal herb
圣君 聖君 shèng jūn sage
蓠 蘺 lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb
苙 lì (herb) / pigsty
鄿 qí (herb) / place name
蓸 cáo (a kind of herb)
蔙 xuàn (herb)
羹藜含糗 gēng lí hán qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre
羹藜唅糗 gēng lí hān qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre
蒄 guān (herb mentioned in ancient texts)
山颓木坏 山頹木壞 shān tuí mù huài lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined / a great sage has died (idiom)
舜日尧天 舜日堯天 shùn rì yáo tiān sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) / all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
舜日尧年 舜日堯年 shùn rì yáo nián sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) / all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
萐 shà (auspicious herb)
萴 zé (medicinal herb)
单味药 單味藥 dān wèi yào medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance
旋覆花 xuán fù huā (botany) convolvulvus / Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)
溪黄草 溪黃草 xī huáng cǎo Rabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in TCM
莳萝 蒔蘿 shí luó dill (herb, Anethum graveolens)
药苗 藥苗 yào miáo medicinal herb seedling
蘼芜 蘼蕪 mí wú Gracilaria confervoides (a fragrant herb)
香薄荷 xiāng bò he savory (herb)
矮地茶 ǎi dì chá (loanword) Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica) (herb)
三棱草 三稜草 sān léng cǎo sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)
埃蕾 āi lěi centaury herb with flowers (TCM) / Herba Centaurii altaici cum flore
阿利藤 ā lì téng Alyxia root and herb (used in TCM)
芕 suī a kind of medicinal herb
芞 qì a kind of aromatic herb (old)
芣 fú plantain herb (Plantago) / Taiwan pr. [fou2]
蕶 líng withered (plant, herb etc)
藒车 藒車 qiè chē a variety of aromatic herb used as a fragrance or bug repeller (old)
蘻 jì a kind of herb (old)
释迦牟尼佛 釋迦牟尼佛 shì jiā móu ní fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
傅说 傅說 fù shuō Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding
太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 太公釣魚，願者上鉤 tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water) / to put one's head in the noose
孔圣人 孔聖人 kǒng shèng rén the Sage Confucius
毗耶娑 pí yē suō Vyasa, Indian sage and scribe, supposed author of epic 摩訶婆羅多|摩诃婆罗多[Mo2 he1 po2 luo2 duo1] and a major figure in it
箕子 jī zǐ Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the tyrant Zhou 紂|纣[Zhou4], then ruled ancient Korea in the Zhou 周[Zhou1] dynasty
圣哲 聖哲 shèng zhé sage
圣王 聖王 shèng wáng sage ruler
圣经贤传 聖經賢傳 shèng jīng xián zhuàn lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom) / refers to Confucian canonical texts
姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 薑太公釣魚，願者上鉤 jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water) / to put one's head in the noose
醉圣 醉聖 zuì shèng the Sage of intoxication / refers to Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai 李白 (701-762)
释迦佛 釋迦佛 shì jiā fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
陈抟 陳摶 chén tuán Chen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage
亚圣 亞聖 yà shèng Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] in Confucian studies
沃伦・巴菲特 沃倫・巴菲特 wò lún · bā fēi tè Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway
至人 zhì rén fully realized human being / sage / saint
沃伦·巴菲特 沃倫·巴菲特 wò lún · bā fēi tè Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway
真人不露相 zhēn rén bù lòu xiàng the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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