刮骨去毒
guā​gǔ​qù​dú

to scrape the bone to remove poison

  • created sense approved 刮骨去毒 · guā​gǔ​qù​dú · to scrape the bone to remove poison — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刮骨去毒

    guā​gǔ​qù​dú

    to scrape the bone to remove poison

    an ancient or legendary medical treatment where a knife is used to scrape poison directly off the bone; famously associated with the physician [[华佗|華佗|hua4 tuo2]] treating the general [[关羽|關羽|guan1 yu3]]

    刮骨 (literal) → 刮骨 · guā​gǔ · to scrape the bone 去 (literal) → 去 · qù · to remove 毒 (literal) → 毒 · dú · poison

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

    created sense