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# quail + egg : of no interest in a dict

# 鵪鶉蛋 鹌鹑蛋 [an1 chun2 dan4] /quail's egg (also used in Chinese medicine)/Ovum Coturnicis/

# eucalyptus + leaf : ditto

# 桉葉 桉叶 [an1 ye4] /eucalyptus leaf (used in Chinese medicine)/Folium Eucalypti/

# this is a construct, has to be understood in context. In modern context the same construct would pbly be "according to the law"

# 按法 按法 [an4 fa3] /pressing (massage manipulation technique)/

# ok, this could be a specialized word: 按截法：得气后，右手握住针柄，左手按压针穴的上方，然后施以捻转、提插等手法，可使经气下行；反之按压针穴下方，可使经气上行。

# I can't know that this is called "damming" though, I didn't find it on acupunture sites.

# 按截法 按截法 [an4 jie2 fa3] /damming method (massage technique)/

# uninteresting construct. And translating 博士 as scholar is insufficient

# 按摩博士 按摩博士 [an4 mo2 bo2 shi4] /scholar of massage/(also: an4 mo4 bo2 shi4)/

 

# at last a real word

# 按蹻 按蹻 [an4 qiao1] /massage/

 

# Jesus... why not whole sentences?

# 按腧穴的特殊作用選穴 按腧穴的特殊作用选穴 [an4 shu1 xue2 de te4 shu1 zuo4 yong4 xuan3 xue4] /selection of (acupuncture) points belonging to special groups/

# ditto

# 按壓法 按压法 [an4 ya1 fa3] /pressure massage/

 

# I can accept this one. It's specialized and could even appear in modern texts.

# 按診 按诊 [an4 zhen3] /body palpation (as a method of examination; medical term)/

 

#

# all the rest are immediate construct. I mean, I understand them on sight, they are not specialized vocabulary, just ordinary sentences

# A minimal knowledge of Chinese is needed if you read those texts. Otherwise, don't.

# example: "按之復起 when you press it it rises again", it's immediate.

# 按之 按之 [an4 zhi1] /upon pressure/when pressure is applied/

# 按之凹陷 按之凹陷 [an4 zhi1 ao1 xian4] /pits when pressed/

# 按之凹陷不起 按之凹陷不起 [an4 zhi1 ao1 xian4 bu4 qi3] /pits when pressure is applied/

# 舉手即起 举手即起 [ju3 shou3 qi2 qi3] /to become level once pressure is released/

# 按之復起 按之复起 [an4 zhi1 fu4 qi3] /to spring back after pressure is released/

# 按之窅而不起 按之窅而不起 [an4 zhi1 yao3 er2 bu4 qi3] /to fail to spring back after pressure is released/

# 按之益甚 按之益甚 [an4 zhi1 yi4 shen4] /exacerbated by pressure/

# 按之應手而起 按之应手而起 [an4 zhi1 ying4 shou3 er2 qi3] /to spring back with the hand after pressure is released/