to induce sweating (dialect)
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Meanings
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to induce sweating (as a folk remedy for colds)
dialectNorthern Chinese dialect term referring to the practice of inducing sweat to treat a cold, often by drinking hot liquids like ginger soup or covering up with blankets.
Tā他
gǎn感
mào冒
le了
，
xiǎng想
hē喝
jiāng姜
tāng汤
gǎn赶
hàn汗
。
He caught a cold and wants to drink ginger soup to induce sweating.
Gài盖
shàng上
bèi被
zi子
shuì睡
yī一
jiào觉
，
chū出
diǎn点
hàn汗
jiù就
hǎo好
le了
，
zhè这
jiào叫
gǎn赶
hàn汗
。
Cover yourself with a quilt and sleep; once you sweat a bit you'll be better—this is called 'inducing sweat'.
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Lǎo老
yī一
bèi辈
rén人
gǎn感
mào冒
bù不
cháng常
chī吃
xī西
yào药
，
ér而
shì是
xuǎn选
zé择
gǎn赶
hàn汗
。
The older generation doesn't often take Western medicine for colds, but instead chooses to induce sweating.