"Spleen" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 pí zàng spleen
 pí spleen
 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM) / preferences / one's taste (e.g. in literature)
 wǔ zàng five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4]
 liù shén the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3])
 pí xū depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)
 bù shāng pí wèi lit. doesn't hurt the spleen or the stomach / fig. something that is not critical
 shū qì to heave a sigh of relief / to get one's breath back / to vent one's spleen
 zhōng jiāo (TCM) middle burner, the part of the body within the abdominal cavity (between the diaphragm and the navel, including the spleen and stomach)
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