food stagnation; indigestion
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
(of food) to stagnate in the stomach; to suffer from indigestion
Commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine to describe digestive disorders where food fails to move through the stomach properly.
Hái孩
zi子
tíng停
shí食
le了
，
bù不
xiǎng想
chī吃
fàn饭
。
The child is suffering from indigestion and doesn't want to eat.
Chī吃
duō多
le了
yóu油
nì腻
de的
shí食
wù物
róng容
yì易
tíng停
shí食
。
Eating too much greasy food easily causes food stagnation.
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Zhōng中
yī医
zhěn诊
duàn断
tā他
shì是
tíng停
shí食
yǐn引
qǐ起
de的
fù腹
tòng痛
。
The TCM doctor diagnosed that his stomachache was caused by food retention.