上火
English translation: excessive internal heat
| 13:11 Mar 14, 2019 |
| Chinese to English translations [PRO] Medical - Medical (general) / 上火 | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: pkchan United States Local time: 19:45 | ||||||
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| 4 | excessive internal heat |
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| 4 | Something must have lost balance in me. |
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excessive internal heat Explanation: “上火 (shànghuǒ),” which is also called “热气 (rèqì),” is a term that is derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). According to the theory of TCM, “上火(shànghuǒ)” is a symptom related to internal heat. TCM believes that the imbalance of yin and yang, and vigorous heat inside one’s body would lead to “上火 (shànghuǒ).” Here, the “火 (huǒ) internal heat” refers to some fever-like symptoms including red and swollen eyes, sore mouth and tongue, toothache, sore throat, etc. How to translate '上火“ into English？ - Quora https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-translate-上火“-into-English？ - Translate this page The Chinese word “火(huǒ)” literally means fire, but the word also has a few other ... Besides internal body heat, “上火(shànghuǒ)” can also be used to describe ... |
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Something must have lost balance in me. Explanation: Something must have lost balance in me. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 13 hrs (2019-03-16 03:07:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I don't think it makes sense to use a medical term here. It is just what the patient says about his toothache. Translating it too literally into "fire" will only confuse the English-speaking readers/target audience. You may play around it using laymen terms that could be spoken by an English speaking patient, like "inflammation" . |
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