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  *汤* | 汤* | *汤
soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled
HSK 3
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  *和* | 和* | *和
to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
medicinal herb
pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
(of sultry weather) to be stifling / (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs / to fumigate
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  *蕲* | 蕲* | *蕲
(herb) / implore / pray / place name
to blend (colors, herbs); to mix
Chinese herb tea
unprocessed medicinal herb
aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly
to decoct medicinal herbs
snow lotus herb / Saussurea involucrata
schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei
produce / fresh fruits and vegetables / fresh aquatic food / fresh herbs
clear soup / white broth, also called 奶湯|奶汤 / decoction of chrysanthemum, liquorice and certain other herbs
to gather and process (herbs etc) / (of a reporter) to gather material and put together (a recorded news item)
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  *蓠* | 蓠* | *蓠
red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb
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  *萐* | 萐* | *萐
(auspicious herb)
exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
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  *蒄* | 蒄* | *蒄
(herb mentioned in ancient texts)
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  *蕶* | 蕶* | *蕶
withered (plant, herb etc)
Chinese plantain (Plantago asiatica), perennial herb used in TCM
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  *蓸* | 蓸* | *蓸
(a kind of herb)
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  *蒗* | 蒗* | *蒗
(herb) / place name
lit. fragrant herbs and foul herbs do not go into the same vessel (idiom) / bad people and good people do not mix
wild herb / potherb
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  *芕* | 芕* | *芕
a kind of medicinal herb
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  *蔙* | 蔙* | *蔙
(herb)
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  *芗* | 芗* | *芗
aromatic herb used for seasoning / variant of
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  *苙* | 苙* | *苙
(herb) / pigsty
Gracilaria confervoides (a fragrant herb)
dill (herb, Anethum graveolens)
nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre
Pei Pa Koa, proprietary cough syrup made with traditional Chinese herbs
to parch and refine medicinal herbs
medicinal herb seedling
Bitter Herbs, 1958 novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英, made into a film in 1965
Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草綱目|本草纲目
turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs / a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert
sage (herb)
(loanword) Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica) (herb)
a variety of aromatic herb used as a fragrance or bug repeller (old)
lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty
sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)
nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre
savory (herb)
medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance
centaury herb with flowers (TCM) / Herba Centaurii altaici cum flore
"leicha", a beverage or gruel made from tea leaves, roasted peanuts and herbs etc ground into a powder, traditionally consumed by Hakka people and in the north of Hunan province
(botany) convolvulvus / Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)
Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍
sage (herb)
Rabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in TCM
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  *芞* | 芞* | *芞
a kind of aromatic herb (old)
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  *蘻* | 蘻* | *蘻
a kind of herb (old)
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  *鄿* | 鄿* | *鄿
(herb) / place name
Alyxia root and herb (used in TCM)
(Tw) a traditional Taiwanese drink made from cooling medicinal herbs, typically used to relieve internal heat or sore throat, made with ingredients such as mesona 仙草, fish mint 魚腥草|鱼腥草, mint and dandelion
Feng Deying (1935-2022), author of the 1958 novel Bitter Herbs 苦菜花


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