cinnabar; vermilion; mineral pigment
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cinnabar; vermilion; red mercuric sulfide (HgS)
Historically significant in Chinese alchemy, traditional medicine, and as a red pigment. Highly toxic if ingested due to mercury content.
Dān丹
shā砂
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
tiān天
rán然
de的
hóng红
sè色
liú硫
huà化
wù物
kuàng矿
wù物
。
Cinnabar is a natural red sulfide mineral.
Gǔ古
dài代
liàn炼
dān丹
shù术
shì士
xiāng相
xìn信
dān丹
shā砂
kě可
yǐ以
liàn炼
zhì制
cháng长
shēng生
bù不
lǎo老
yào药
。
Ancient alchemists believed cinnabar could be refined into an elixir of immortality.
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Zhè这
fú幅
bì壁
huà画
shǐ使
yòng用
le了
dān丹
shā砂
zuò作
wéi为
hóng红
sè色
yán颜
liào料
。
This mural uses cinnabar as a red pigment.
Zhōng中
yī医
rèn认
wéi为
dān丹
shā砂
jù具
yǒu有
zhèn镇
jìng静
ān安
shén神
de的
gōng功
xiào效
。
Traditional Chinese medicine believes cinnabar has calming and sedative effects.