This Chinese character refers to treating or curing a disease. Sometimes it also means to rule or govern. 标本兼治 biāo běn jiā…[详细]

This character usually means “to save or rescue.” Its left part originally indicated a fur coat while the right meant “to tak…[详细]

Miraculously, the death toll dropped from 183 to 165 on the first day of the Chinese New Year and declined gradually to zero, with no further infect…[详细]

Epidemic records in an ancient book Photo: FILE This Spring Festival in the year of Gengzi, for every Chinese person, has been q…[详细]

This Chinese character refers collectively to epidemic disease, usually acute and infectious. It can also refer to plague and pestilence. …[详细]

When used as a noun, this character usually refers to defense or a dam. When used as a verb, it means “to prevent” or “to ale…[详细]

Douyi fa (literally, pox-garment method), an early practice of smallpox inoculation in China, involved dressing a child who had never been infe…[详细]

The above is the Chinese character for rat or mouse. It is a tradition in China that one animal is used to symbolize the year, and the rat come…[详细]

A painting of a rat by famous Chinese painter Qi Baishi Photo: FILE This year is the Year of Gengzi, according to the Stem-Branch C…[详细]