望聞問切

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See also: 望闻问切

Chinese

hope; expect; to visit
hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
 
hear; news; celebrated
hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
 
to ask close to; to cut; to slice
trad. (望聞問切)
simp. (望闻问切)

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Idiom

望聞問切

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to make observations, listen to breathing, ask about symptoms and take the pulse (the four fundamental methods for diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine)