Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 膏

ointment
paste
CL:帖 (tiě)

to moisten
to grease
to apply (cream, ointment)
to dip a brush in ink

rich favor

to be anointed

medicinal concoction in paste form (TCM)

to anoint

herbal plaster applied to a wound

fat
grease
riches
fortune
fruits of one's labor

toothpaste
CL:管 (guǎn)

ointment
paste

lip balm
lipstick

ointment

gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O)
plaster
plaster cast (for a broken bone)

balm

to annoint

lit. fat and blood
fruit of one's hard labor
flesh and blood

to simmer to a paste

thermal grease

plaster of Paris
calcined gypsum

gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O)
plaster

mascara

moisturizing cream

Amanita (genus of deadly mushrooms)

shaving cream

chapstick
lip balm

sticking plaster
adhesive bandage

lit. to squeeze out toothpaste
fig. to extract a confession under pressure

concealer (cosmetics)

thermal grease

Japanese flag (derog.)

turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs
a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert

facial scrub

plaster of Paris
calcined gypsum

anhydrite CaSO4

chrism
holy anointing oil

vanishing cream
cold cream (makeup)

Pei Pa Koa, proprietary cough syrup made with traditional Chinese herbs

shígāobēngdài

plaster cast

dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc
quack medicine
sham goods

shígāoqiángbǎn

drywall
gypsum wallboard
plasterboard

féngāojìguǐ

to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day

mínzhīmíngāo

lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation)
the people's blood, sweat and tears

quánshígāohuāng

lit. mountain springs and rocks in one's heart (idiom); a deep love of mountain scenery

bìngrùgāohuāng

lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure
the situation is hopeless

amanitin