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汉名医华佗
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华佗

華佗
Huà Tuó
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Hua Tuo
  2. 2 legendary physician of the Eastern Han dynasty, considered the father of Chinese surgery

About Hua Tuo

c. 145–208 · 医学家 physician

Physician of the late Eastern Han, said to have operated under an anaesthetic called 麻沸散 and to have devised the 五禽戏 exercises. A skilled doctor is praised as 华佗再世, 'Hua Tuo come again'.

Also called  元化

Examples

HSK 7-9
华佗被尊为中国外科手术的鼻祖。
Huà Tuó bèi zūn wéi Zhōngguó wàikē shǒushù de bí zǔ.
Hua Tuo is revered as the founding father of Chinese surgery.
HSK 7-9
华佗发明了麻沸散，用来在手术时麻醉病人。
Huà Tuó fāmíng le máfèisǎn, yònglái zài shǒushù shí mázuì bìngrén.
Hua Tuo invented mafeisan, which he used to anesthetize patients during surgery.

Tips

history
In 三国志, Cao Cao had him killed for faking his wife's illness to avoid serving him. The story that he offered to open Cao Cao's skull comes from the novel 三国演义, which also has him scrape poison from 关羽's bone, though he was dead by then.
mistakes
As a surname 华 is read in the fourth tone, as in 华佗 and the mountain 华山. The rising-tone huá of 中华 'China' is the everyday reading, which makes this a classic trap.

Stroke Order

华 huá
佗 tuó