五劳七伤 (五勞七傷)
wǔ láo qī shāng
Pinyin

Definition

五劳七伤 (五勞七傷)
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wǔ láo qī shāng
  1. (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wǔ zàng], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

七
qī
  1. 1 seven
  2. 2 7
五
wǔ
  1. 1 five
  2. 2 5
七十
qī shí
  1. 1 seventy
  2. 2 70
七彩
qī cǎi
  1. 1 seven colors
  2. 2 a variety of colors
  3. 3 multi-colored
  4. 4 rainbow-colored
七月
Qī yuè
  1. 1 July
  2. 2 seventh month (of the lunar year)

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder