Definition
发汗 is a verb-object compound (离合词) meaning 'to sweat' or, in Traditional Chinese Medicine, 'to induce sweating as a treatment'. As a separable verb, you can insert measure words, time expressions, or other elements between the two syllables, e.g., 发了一次汗. The unsplit form 发汗 can be used as a regular verb.
v.o.
to perspireto sweat(TCM) to induce sweating
Examples
- ，，。Tā gǎnmào le, chī le yìxiē yào, fā le yí cì hàn.He caught a cold, took some medicine, and sweated once.
- 发汗。Yùndòng hòu fā hàn duì shēntǐ hěn yǒu hǎochù.Sweating after exercise is very beneficial for the body.
- 发汗。Zhōngyī cháng yòng fā hàn de fāngfǎ zhìliáo gǎnmào.Traditional Chinese medicine often uses the method of inducing sweating to treat colds.
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