御医 (yù yī) — imperial physician

Definition

Official physician to the emperor in imperial China, attached to the palace. Read 御 here as 'imperial' (as in 御花园), not the verb sense of 驾御.

noun
imperial physician
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 御医
    Zài qīng cháo, yù yī fù zé zhì liáo huáng dì de jí bìng.
    In the Qing dynasty, imperial physicians were responsible for treating the emperor's illnesses.
  • 御医
    Zhè bù diàn shì jù lǐ de yù yī yī shù hěn gāo míng.
    The imperial physician in this TV drama is very skilled in medicine.
  • 御医
    Gǔ dài yù yī de zhěn duàn fāng fǎ fēi cháng dú tè.
    Ancient imperial physicians' diagnostic methods were very unique.

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