wū​yī

witch doctor

  • created reference approved 巫医/巫醫 → 名 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    巫医 / 巫醫 wū​yī

    名 míng

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 巫医/巫醫 · wū​yī · witch doctor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    巫医 / 巫醫

    wū​yī

    witch doctor

    medicine man or shaman who treats illness through divination, prayer, or exorcism, sometimes using herbal medicine

    巫 (literal) → 巫 · wū · shaman; witch; wizard 医 (literal) → 医/醫 · yī · doctor

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  • created sense approved 巫医/巫醫 · wū​yī · sorcerers and physicians — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    巫医 / 巫醫

    wū​yī

    sorcerers and physicians

    archaic collective term for shamans and doctors

    巫 (literal) → 巫 · wū · shaman; witch; wizard 医 (literal) → 医/醫 · yī · doctor

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

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