本草綱目 (bun2 cou2 gong1 muk6 | ben3 cao3 gang1 mu4) : An Outline Treatise of Medical Herbs, compiled by Li3 Shi2 Zhen1 李時珍

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本草綱目

bun2 cou2 gong1 muk6

ben3 cao3 gang1 mu4

An Outline Treatise of Medical Herbs, compiled by Li3 Shi2 Zhen1 李時珍

Level: 5
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

本草綱目 / 本草纲目

This word has been viewed 1890 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 19th Feb 2006 17:34 and last edited on 2nd Aug 2009 01:29

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本 bun2 - basis; original; copy
草 cou2 - grass; herbs; weed
綱 gong1 - outline; guiding principle
目 muk6 - eye

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*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *