Usage of the character 芍
Què
芍
[芍]
- see 芍陂 ( Quèpí)
sháo
芍
[芍]
- Chinese peony
- Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora
sháoyào
芍药
[芍藥]
- Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
- common herbaceous peony
- peony used in TCM
báisháo
白芍
[白芍]
- root of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora), used in TCM
Quèpí
芍陂
[芍陂]
- Quepi lake (irrigation project in Han to Tang times on Huai river 淮河 in modern Anhui)
zèngsháo
赠芍
[贈芍]
- to give peonies
- fig. exchange of gifts between lovers
cǎilánzèngsháo
采兰赠芍
[採蘭贈芍]
- lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom); fig. presents between lovers