sweat from weakness; night sweat
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
sweat caused by physical weakness, illness, or nervousness; deficiency sweating
Commonly used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) contexts to describe abnormal sweating due to qi deficiency or yin deficiency, distinct from normal heat-induced sweating.
Tā他
jīng经
cháng常
chū出
xū虚
hàn汗
，
yī医
shēng生
shuō说
shì是
qì气
xū虚
dǎo导
zhì致
de的
。
He often breaks out in deficiency sweating; the doctor said it's caused by qi deficiency.
Jǐn紧
zhāng张
de得
tā她
chū出
le了
yī一
shēn身
xū虚
hàn汗
。
She broke out in a sweat all over her body from nervousness.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
zhōng中
yào药
kě可
yǐ以
zhǐ止
xū虚
hàn汗
。
This traditional Chinese medicine can stop deficiency sweating.