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