梅核气 (梅核氣)
méi hé qì
Pinyin

Definition

梅核气 (梅核氣)
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méi hé qì
  1. (TCM) plum-pit qi, a feeling of a lump in the throat (globus pharyngis) or of stagnant phlegm

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 pit
  2. 2 stone
  3. 3 nucleus
  4. 4 nuclear
  5. 5 to examine
  6. 6 to check
  7. 7 to verify
hé xīn
  1. 1 core
  2. 2 nucleus
hé tao
  1. 1 walnut
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 棵 kē
Méi
  1. 1 surname Mei
méi huā
  1. 1 plum blossom
  2. 2 clubs ♣ (a suit in card games)
  3. 3 wintersweet (dialect)

Idioms (2)

望梅止渴
wàng méi zhǐ kě
  1. 1 lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to console oneself with illusions
青梅竹马
qīng méi zhú mǎ
  1. 1 lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. innocent children's games
  3. 3 childhood sweethearts
  4. 4 a couple who grew up as childhood friends