#i was talking to everyone in mandarin but they kept saying “clot” to me in english

[xiangqiankua]

Sometimes when I'm waiting at the clinic I amuse myself by looking up words I don't know on the posters and ads on the walls:

褪黑激素 tuì hēi jīsù / melatonin 泡疹 pào zhěn / herpes 葡萄糖 pútáotáng / glucose 色氨酸 sè ān suān / tryptophan 磷酸鹽 línsuān yán / phosphate 骨質疏鬆症 gǔzhí shūsōng zhèng / osteoporosis 前列腺 qiánlièxiàn / prostate 膠囊 jiāonáng / capsule 血清 xiěqīng / (blood) serum (blood with all cells and clotting factors removed) 預防勝於治療 yùfáng shèng yú zhìliáo / "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"