革蘭氏染色法

Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)

animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office)

surname Lan / abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu

orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii) / fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei) / lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)

Mr Gram / Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革蘭氏染色法|革兰氏染色法

clan name / maiden name

see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]

to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting

dye

color / CL:種|种[zhong3] / look / appearance / sex

(coll.) color / used in 色子[shai3 zi5]

variant of 法[fa3]

France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2] / Taiwan pr. [Fa4]

law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])

old variant of 法[fa3] / law