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悬壶
xuán​hú

to practice medicine

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
悬壶 懸壺 xuán​hú
to practice medicine
(literary) To work as a doctor or pharmacist; literally "to hang a gourd," referring to an ancient story of a miraculous healer who hung a gourd in the market.

Frequency

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0.117 per million

Cross-References

See

  • 悬壶济世 xuán​hú​jì​shì

Sources

Frequency data
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