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06-11-2010, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by berean315 View Post
Want to see if anyone to tell me how the two kanji 中風 came to mean paralysis?

Thanks for the help

Gerald
I explain this in English so hard....

中風 is Chinese medcine term.
中 meaning is "in" this case.It use 中毒(poisoning) another.
風 meaning is the bad one this case.It use 風邪(cold) another.

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中風 - Wikipedia
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