刮腸洗胃
guā​cháng​xǐ​wèi

to reform oneself thoroughly

  • created sense approved 刮肠洗胃/刮腸洗胃 · guā​cháng​xǐ​wèi · to reform oneself thoroughly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刮肠洗胃 / 刮腸洗胃

    guā​cháng​xǐ​wèi

    to reform oneself thoroughly

    To turn over a new leaf or reform one's character completely; literally, to scrape the intestines and wash the stomach.

    刮 (literal) → 刮 · guā · to scrape 肠 (literal) → 肠/腸 · cháng · intestines 洗 (literal) → 洗 · xǐ · to wash 胃 (literal) → 胃 · wèi · stomach

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 刮肠洗胃/刮腸洗胃 · guā​cháng​xǐ​wèi · gastrolavage — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刮肠洗胃 / 刮腸洗胃

    guā​cháng​xǐ​wèi

    gastrolavage

    (medical) Enteroclysis and gastrolavage.

    刮 (literal) → 刮 · guā · to scrape 肠 (literal) → 肠/腸 · cháng · intestines 洗胃 (literal) → 洗胃 · xǐ​wèi · gastric lavage

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

    created sense