悬壶济世

Traditional form:

懸壺濟世

Pinyin (reading):

xuánhújìshì

Definitions:

• practice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public

Characters:

• 悬 - to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung
• 壶 - jar, pot, jug, vase; surname
• 济 - to aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across
• 世 - generation, era, age; world

Traditional characters:

• 懸 - to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung
• 壺 - jar, pot, jug, vase; surname
• 濟 - to aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across
• 世 - generation, era, age; world