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本草纲目

Běn cǎo Gāng mù

4-character word Traditional 本草綱目

What 本草纲目 means

1. Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen {李时珍|Lǐ Shí zhēn}

The characters in 本草纲目

• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 纲gānghead rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh