刮痧
guā​shā

gua sha

  • created sense approved 刮痧 · guā​shā · gua sha — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刮痧

    guā​shā

    gua sha

    a traditional folk treatment where a smooth tool like a coin or spoon is used to scrape a patient's neck, chest, or back until the skin turns red to relieve inflammation and pain

    刮, 痧

    刮 (literal) → 刮 · guā · to scrape 痧 (literal) → 痧 · shā · acute disease

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense