The Chinese word 狂犬病 (kuángquǎnbìng), meaning "rabies," is a straightforward compound formed through semantic combination: 狂 (kuáng) means "mad" or "rabid," 犬 (quǎn) means "dog," and 病 (bìng) means "disease." Thus, the term is constructed logically as "mad dog disease," directly and descriptively naming the illness by its most notorious symptom and common vector, reflecting a classical Chinese pattern of creating precise, self-explanatory medical terminology.