| 刘涓子鬼遗方 |
Liú Juān zǐ guǐ yí fāng |
Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黄父鬼 |
| 刘 |
Liú |
surname Liu |
| 刘 |
liú |
(classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter |
| 刘涓子 |
Liú Juān zǐ |
Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions |
| 涓 |
Juān |
surname Juan |
| 涓 |
juān |
brook / to select |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |
| 鬼 |
guǐ |
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil / (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc / sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡) / one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy |
| 遗 |
yí |
(bound form) to leave behind |
| 方 |
Fāng |
surname Fang |
| 方 |
fāng |
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter |