New Practical Chinese Reader (2nd edition) Volume 4 Lesson 49“头痛医脚” "Treating a Headache by Curing the Foot"

66 core vocabulary itemsTextbook order

Vocabulary

No.ItemPinyinPOSDefinition
1v./n.to treet/doctor; medical science
2头痛医脚tóu tòng yī jiǎoie.treat the foot when the head aches
3中医zhōngyīn.traditional Chinese medical science; doctor of traditional Chinese medicine
4tòngv.to ache
5胃病wèibìngn.stomach trouble; gastric disease
6wèin.stomach
7听诊tīngzhěnn.auscultation
8机器jīqìn.machine
9整体zhěngtǐn.whole; entirety
10西医xīyīn.Western medicine; doctor of Western medicine
11气色qìsèn.complexion; color
12理论lǐlùnn.theory
13zhìv.to treat (a disease); to cure
14大夫dàifun.doctor
15zhěngadj.whole
16手腕shǒuwànn.wrist
17号脉hàomàiv.to feel the pulse
18修理xiūlǐv.to repair; to mend
19màin.pulse
20医学yīxuén.medical science
21mǒupron.certain; some
22指头zhǐtoun.toe
23舌头shétoun.tongue
24信息xìnxīn.information
25药方yàofāngn.prescription
26紧张jǐnzhāngadj.tense; nervous
27山楂shānzhān.(Chinese) hawthorn
28病人bìngrénn.patient
29n.body
30听诊器tīngzhěnqìn.stethoscope
31按摩ànmóv.to massage
32结合jiéhév.to combine; to integrate
33开药方kāi yàofāngv.to write a prescription
34零件língjiànn.spare part; component (of a machine)
35脚指头jiǎozhǐtoun.toe
36器官qìguānn.organ; apparatus
37重视zhòngshìv.to attach importance to; to think highly of
38gānn.liver
39要紧yàojǐnadj.serious; important
40简直jiǎnzhíadv.simply; at all
41正好zhènghǎoadv./adj.happen to / just right
42大臣dàchénn.minister
43王宫wánggōngn.imperial palace
44矿物kuàngwùn.mineral
45利用lìyòngv.to make use of; to utilize
46气功qìgōngn.qigong, a traditional Chinese system of deep breathing exercises
47战国Zhànguópn.the Warring States (475-221 B.C.)
48国王guówángn.king
49热敷rèfūv.to apply a hot compress
50扁鹊Biǎn Quèpn.Bian Que (a well-known Chinese doctor of the Warring States Period)
51针灸zhēnjiǔn.acupuncture
52prep.from
53消化xiāohuàv.to digest
54医术yīshùn.medical skill
55艾滋病Àizībìngpn.AIDS
56肌肉jīròun.muscle
57皮肤pífūn.skin
58讳疾忌医huì jí jì yīie.hide one's sickness for fear of treatment; conceal one's faults for fear of criticism
59发作fāzuòv.to break out; to show the effects of
60chángn.intestines
61动物dòngwùn.animal
62骨髓gǔsuǐn.bone marrow
63同仁堂Tóngrén Tángpn.Tongren Medicine Shop (a famous pharmacy of traditional Chinese medicine)
64独特dútèadj.unique; distinctive
65kěnv.to be willing to
66承认chéngrènv.to recognize; to admit

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