穴位
xué wèi
Pinyin

Definition

穴位
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xué wèi
  1. acupuncture point

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

位
wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 location
  3. 3 place
  4. 4 seat
  5. 5 classifier for people (honorific)
  6. 6 classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. 7 (physics) potential
位置
wèi zhi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 seat
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
各位
gè wèi
  1. 1 everybody
  2. 2 all (guests, colleagues etc)
  3. 3 all of you
位子
wèi zi
  1. 1 place
  2. 2 seat
位于
wèi yú
  1. 1 to be located at
  2. 2 to be situated at
  3. 3 to lie

Idioms (9)

不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
千里之堤，溃于蚁穴
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué
  1. 1 an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
  2. 2 huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
各就各位
gè jiù gè wèi
  1. 1 (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom)
  2. 2 (athletics) On your mark!

Sample Sentences

我经常找的一个师傅就是。他找穴位很准，按得很舒服。
wǒ jīngcháng zhǎo de yī gè shīfu jiùshì 。tā zhǎo xuéwèi hěn zhǔn ，àn de hěn shūfu 。
One of the masseuses I often go to did just that. He's really good at finding acupoints. His massages feel really good.
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又不是乱插，是插到穴位里。这样加热过的药可以直接进入身体，调理气血。
yòu bù shì luàn chā ，shì chā dào xuéwèi li 。zhèyàng jiārè guo de yào kěyǐ zhíjiē jìnrù shēntǐ ，tiáolǐ qìxuè 。
They don't just randomly stick you, they find your pressure points. The heat allows the body to immediately respond to the treatment, restoring the body's 'chi'.
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