望聞問切

See also: 望闻问切

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


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)
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