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青皮

Word · Noun

dialect: hooligan; traditional medicine: green tangerine peel

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Meanings

2 senses · 6 examples
1.

noun

ruffian; hooligan; scoundrel

dialect

A dialect term primarily used to describe local troublemakers or petty criminals.

Nà那
tiáo条
jiē街
shàng上
zǒng总
yǒu有
jǐ几
gè个
qīng青
pí皮
zài在
yóu游
dàng荡
 。

There are always a few hooligans loitering on that street.

Bié别
rě惹
nà那
xiē些
qīng青
pí皮
 ,
tā他
men们
bù不
jiǎng讲
dào道
lǐ理
 。

Don't provoke those scoundrels; they are unreasonable.

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Tā他
nián年
qīng轻
shí时
zuò做
guo过
yī一
zhèn阵
qīng青
pí皮
 。

He was a local tough for a while when he was young.

2.

noun

green tangerine peel; unripe orange peel (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

technical

A specific term in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is used medicinally, often for regulating qi and relieving pain.

Zhè这
wèi味
zhōng中
yào药
lǐ里
yǒu有
qīng青
pí皮
 。

This traditional medicine contains green tangerine peel.

Qīng青
pí皮
yǒu有
shū疏
gān肝
lǐ理
qì气
de的
gōng功
xiào效
 。

Green tangerine peel has the effect of soothing the liver and regulating qi.

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Yī医
shēng生
kāi开
de的
yào药
fāng方
zhōng中
bāo包
hán含
qīng青
pí皮
zhè这
wèi味
yào药
 。

The prescription the doctor wrote includes the herb green tangerine peel.