破伤风

破傷風
pòshāngfēng
noun #19,209

Meanings

  1. 1 tetanus; lockjaw

Examples

Bèi shēngxiù de tiědīng zhā le, yào dǎ pòshāngfēng zhēn.
Got pricked by a rusty nail — need to get a tetanus shot.
Pòshāngfēng yìmiáo měi shí nián xūyào jiāqiáng yí cì.
The tetanus vaccine needs a booster every ten years.

Tips

memory
(broken) + (wound) + (wind) — an illness that enters through broken skin, as if carried by the wind. Ancient Chinese believed bad wind entered open wounds.

Stroke Order

shāng
fēng