调理
tiáo lǐ
Pinyin

Definition

调理
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tiáo lǐ
  1. to nurse one's health
  2. to recuperate
  3. to take care of
  4. to look after
  5. to discipline
  6. to educate
  7. to train
  8. to prepare food
  9. (dialect) to make fun of
  10. (medicine) to opsonize

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xīn lǐ
  1. 1 psychology
  2. 2 mentality
zhěng lǐ
  1. 1 to arrange
  2. 2 to tidy up
  3. 3 to sort out
  4. 4 to straighten out
  5. 5 to list systematically
  6. 6 to collate (data, files)
  7. 7 to pack (luggage)
  1. 1 texture
  2. 2 grain (of wood)
  3. 3 inner essence
  4. 4 intrinsic order
  5. 5 reason
  6. 6 logic
  7. 7 truth
  8. 8 science
  9. 9 natural science (esp. physics)
  10. 10 to manage
  11. 11 to pay attention to
  12. 12 to run (affairs)
  13. 13 to handle
  14. 14 to put in order
  15. 15 to tidy up
lǐ xiǎng
  1. 1 an ideal
  2. 2 a dream
  3. 3 ideal
  4. 4 perfect
lǐ yóu
  1. 1 reason
  2. 2 grounds
  3. 3 justification
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
lǐ jiě
  1. 1 to comprehend
  2. 2 to understand
  3. 3 comprehension
  4. 4 understanding
guǎn lǐ
  1. 1 to supervise
  2. 2 to manage
  3. 3 to administer
  4. 4 management
  5. 5 administration
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
chǔ lǐ
  1. 1 to handle
  2. 2 to treat
  3. 3 to deal with
  4. 4 to process
  5. 5 to deal with a criminal case
  6. 6 to mete out punishment
  7. 7 to offer for sale at a reduced price
  8. 8 to punish
hù lǐ
  1. 1 to nurse
  2. 2 to tend and protect
dào li
  1. 1 reason
  2. 2 argument
  3. 3 sense
  4. 4 principle
  5. 5 basis
  6. 6 justification
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
bù lǐ
  1. 1 to refuse to acknowledge
  2. 2 to pay no attention to
  3. 3 to take no notice of
  4. 4 to ignore
dài lǐ
  1. 1 to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position
  2. 2 to act as an agent or proxy
  3. 3 surrogate
  4. 4 (computing) proxy
xiū lǐ
  1. 1 to repair
  2. 2 to fix
  3. 3 to prune
  4. 4 to trim
  5. 5 (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. 6 to fix sb
lún lǐ
  1. 1 ethics
zhù lǐ
  1. 1 assistant
yuán lǐ
  1. 1 principle
  2. 2 theory
hé lǐ
  1. 1 rational
  2. 2 reasonable
  3. 3 fair
zhé lǐ
  1. 1 philosophic theory
  2. 2 philosophy
dì lǐ
  1. 1 geography
Dà lǐ
  1. 1 Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 in Yunnan

Idioms (20)

不可理喻
bù kě lǐ yù
  1. 1 to be impervious to reason (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不理不睬
bù lǐ bù cǎi
  1. 1 to completely ignore (idiom)
  2. 2 to pay no attention to
  3. 3 not to be in the least concerned about
伤天害理
shāng tiān hài lǐ
  1. 1 to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven
  2. 2 outrageous acts
入情入理
rù qíng rù lǐ
  1. 1 sensible and reasonable (idiom)
公说公有理,婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
合情合理
hé qíng hé lǐ
  1. 1 reasonable and fair (idiom)
喜结连理
xǐ jié lián lǐ
  1. 1 to tie the knot (idiom)
  2. 2 to get married
丧天害理
sàng tiān hài lǐ
  1. 1 devoid of conscience (idiom)
坐视不理
zuò shì bù lǐ
  1. 1 to sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom)
天理难容
tiān lǐ nán róng
  1. 1 Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom)
  2. 2 intolerable behavior
强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
  1. 1 to twist words and force logic (idiom)
  2. 2 sophistry
  3. 3 loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
  4. 4 shoving false arguments down people's throats
据情办理
jù qíng bàn lǐ
  1. 1 to handle a situation according to the circumstances (idiom)
有条有理
yǒu tiáo yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
无理取闹
wú lǐ qǔ nào
  1. 1 to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative
理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng
  1. 1 faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
  2. 2 without a leg to stand on
理所当然
lǐ suǒ dāng rán
  1. 1 as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course
  2. 2 inevitable and right
理直气壮
lǐ zhí qì zhuàng
  1. 1 in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side
  2. 2 to have the courage of one's convictions
  3. 3 just and forceful
知书达理
zhī shū dá lǐ
  1. 1 educated and well-balanced (idiom)
秉公办理
bǐng gōng bàn lǐ
  1. 1 conducting business impartially (idiom); to act justly

Sample Sentences

这你就不懂了。你们西医看问题是看表面。而我们中医是标本兼治。我给你举个例子,现在很多人脸上长青春痘,但是擦护肤品一点用都没有。为什么呢?因为根源是上火,一定要去火调理。
zhè nǐ jiù bù dǒng le 。nǐmen xīyī kàn wèntí shì kàn biǎomiàn 。ér wǒmen zhōngyī shì biāoběnjiānzhì 。wǒ gěi nǐ jǔ ge lìzi ,xiànzài hěn duō rén liǎn shàng zhǎng qīngchūndòu ,dànshì cā hùfūpǐn yīdiǎn yòng dōu méiyǒu 。wèishénme ne ?yīnwèi gēnyuán shì shànghuǒ ,yīdìng yào qùhuǒ tiáolǐ 。
You just don't understand. Your Western medicine sees only the surface of problems. But our Chinese medicine cures both the symptoms and the roots of problems. I'll give you an example. These days a lot of people have acne on their faces. But facial cleansing products don't work at all. Why is that? Because the underlying reason is excessive internal heat. You need to get rid of it to recuperate.
那您的意思,要使身体恢复平衡并长期保持最佳状态,就只需要好好休养调理即可?
nà nín de yìsi ,yào shǐ shēntǐ huīfù pínghéng bìng chángqī bǎochí zuìjiā zhuàngtài ,jiù zhǐ xūyào hǎohāo xiūyǎng tiáolǐ jí kě ?
What you mean is that you have to get your body to get back into equilibrium and maintain it in its best state. So you just need to properly look after your health?
我最近老是失眠,很容易累。所以想调理一下。
wǒ zuìjìn lǎoshì shīmián ,hěn róngyì lèi 。suǒyǐ xiǎng tiáolǐ yīxià 。
Recently, I haven't been sleeping, and get tired easily. So I want to take care of it.
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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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