| 本草纲目 |
Běn cǎo Gāng mù |
Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李时珍 |
| 本 |
běn |
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 本草 |
běn cǎo |
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica |
| 草 |
cǎo |
variant of 草 |
| 草 |
cǎo |
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵,撮,株,根 |
| 草 |
cào |
variant of 肏 |
| 纲 |
gāng |
head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program |
| 目 |
mù |
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目数) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title |