本草纲目

Traditional: 本草綱目

Běn cǎo Gāng mù

Dictionary entry

Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]

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本草纲目 (Běn cǎo Gāng mù) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]

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本běn(bound form) root; stem · (bound form) origin; source 草cǎovariant of 草[cao3]纲gānghead rope of a fishing net · guiding principle 目mùeye · (literary) to look; to regard

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