临床 línchuáng clinical
How to remember 临床: 临 to approach + 床 bed = clinical.
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How it is used
- Clinical - medical work done at the patient's bedside - 临床医学 (línchuáng yīxué) clinical medicine; 临床试验 (línchuáng shìyàn) a clinical trial.
- Medical register, contrasting hands-on patient care with lab or theoretical work (基础研究).
- The 临床 (draw near the bed) image is literal: 临 = approach, 床 = bed.