jiān​yào

to decoct medicine

  • created sense approved 煎药/煎藥 · jiān​yào · to decoct medicine — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    煎药 / 煎藥

    jiān​yào

    to decoct medicine

    To boil medicinal herbs in water to make a liquid medicine; specifically used for traditional Chinese herbal medicine.

    煎, 药

    煎 (literal) → 煎 · jiān · to simmer 药 (literal) → 药/藥 · yào · medicine

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