Definition & Meaning

1.a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine; Chinese pharmacopoeia

2.Chinese materia medica; Chinese herbal medicine

běn cǎo

本 草

ReadWriteQuiz

Chinese dictionary
Show pinyinHide pinyin

1
n.a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine; Chinese pharmacopoeia
- běn cǎo gāng mù
  《本草纲目》
  Compendium of Materia Medica
2
n.Chinese materia medica; Chinese herbal medicine
- zhōng guó de shén nóng běn cǎo jīng shì shì jiè shang zuì gǔ lǎo de běn cǎo shū
  中国的《神农本草经》是世界上最古老的本草书。
  "The Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing"was the earliest book on materia medica in the world.

Hot words today