桑寄生
Chinese
mulberry tree | to live as a parasite; to be parasitic; to live off of others; to live by taking advantage of others | ||
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simp. and trad. (桑寄生) | 桑 | 寄生 |
Pronunciation
Noun
桑寄生
- Twig of the mistletoe Viscum album (A hemi-parasitic shrub used as an herb in traditional Chinese medicine.)
References
桑寄生 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh- Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
- http://www.trade.gov.bt/administration/mktbriefs/10.pdf
- http://www.koreantk.com/en/m_sta/med_stat_search.jsp?searchGbn=statis
- http://www1.dict.li