十全大補湯

十全大补汤
shíquándàbǔtāng

a medicinal soup consisting of ten Chinese herbs

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 十全 shíquán perfect; complete
=2 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=2 大 dài see 大夫 dàifu
3 補 bǔ
  1. to repair
  2. to patch
  3. to mend
  4. to make up for
  5. to fill (a vacancy)
  6. to supplement
=4 湯 Tāng surname Tang
=4 湯 shāng rushing current
=4 湯 tāng
  1. soup
  2. hot or boiling water
  3. decoction of medicinal herbs
  4. water in which sth has been boiled
=4 湯 tàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 燙／烫 (tàng, “to warm; to bathe or rinse in hot water”).
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蕩 /荡 (dàng, “to wander; unconstrained”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to meet with
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to touch; to come in contact with
  5. Original form of 燙／烫 (tàng, “to warm; to bathe or rinse in hot water”).
  6. alternative form of 蕩 /荡 (dàng, “to wander; unconstrained”)
  7. to meet with
  8. to touch; to come in contact with
  9. used in 湯湯／汤汤 (tàngtàng, “turbulent”)
=4 湯 yáng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 湯谷／汤谷, alternative form of 暘谷 /旸谷
  2. only used in 湯谷／汤谷, alternative form of 暘谷 /旸谷