bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)
to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine
良药
liáng yào
good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
剂型
jì xíng
delivery mechanism of a medicine (e.g. pill, powder etc)
对症下药
duì zhèng xià yào
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps
对症
duì zhèng
correct diagnosis / to prescribe the right cure for an illness / to suit the medicine to the illness
单方
dān fāng
unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]) / metaphorically. a good solution
黄连
huáng lián
Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine
内服
nèi fú
to take medicine orally (as opposed to applying externally)
Amomom (fructus Amomi), plant used in Chinese medicine
拔罐
bá guàn
cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine
以眼还眼
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn
an eye for an eye (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
对症发药
duì zhèng fā yào
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps
死马当活马医
sǐ mǎ dāng huó mǎ yī
lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom) / fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
良药苦口
liáng yào kǔ kǒu
good medicine tastes bitter (idiom) / fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
苏州码子
Sū zhōu mǎ zi
Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 / nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine / also called 草碼|草码[cao3 ma3]
请君入瓮
qǐng jūn rù wèng
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
狗皮膏药
gǒu pí gāo yao
dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc / quack medicine / sham goods
死马当活马医
sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī
lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom) / fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
希波克拉底
Xī bō kè lā dǐ
Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine
lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom) / fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results / (of a solution or method) highly effective
悬壶济世
xuán hú jì shì
practice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public
待诏
dài zhào
expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties)
罗汉果
luó hàn guǒ
monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine
to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以眼还眼，以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
伦敦帝国理工学院
Lún dūn dì guó lǐ gōng xué yuàn
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
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