望聞問切
See also: 望闻问切
Chinese edit
hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards |
hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at |
to ask | close to; to cut; to slice | ||
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trad. (望聞問切) | 望 | 聞 | 問 | 切 | |
simp. (望闻问切) | 望 | 闻 | 问 | 切 |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
望聞問切
- (traditional Chinese medicine) to make observations, listen to breathing, ask about symptoms and take the pulse (the four fundamental methods for diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine)