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  *药* | 药* | *药
medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL: 種|种, , / to poison
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *药* | 药* | *药
leaf of the iris / variant of 藥|药
HSK 2
pharmacy
HSK 2
medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion
HSK 2
a (medicine) pill or tablet / CL:
HSK 2
medicaments / pharmaceuticals / medication / medicine / drug
HSK 4
traditional Chinese medicine / CL: , 種|种
HSK 5
medicaments / medicine / drug
HSK 6
medical care and medicines / medicine (drug) / medical / pharmaceutical
HSK 6
explosive (material)
HSK 6
prescription
HSK 7-9
medicinal ingredient
HSK 7-9
gunpowder
HSK 7-9
sleeping pill / CL:
HSK 7-9
pharmacy
pharmacy / drugstore
medicinal herb
pharmacology
medicinal use / pharmaceutical
to manufacture medicine
Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province
Chinese herbal medicine
pharmacist
herbal medicine
Dioscorea polystachya / yam
pharmacopoeia
Western medicine
poison
medicinal effect
medicinal cuisine
medicine / medicament / drug / chemical compound
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) / common herbaceous peony / peony used in TCM
to use in medicine
agricultural chemical / farm chemical / pesticide
medicine bottle
aphrodisiac
to take medicine
to dispense (drugs) / to prescribe
legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
tonic
veterinary medicines
good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
herbal plaster applied to a wound
ammunition
knockout drops / incapacitating agent / Mickey Finn
eye drops / eye ointment
pill / CL:
drugs test (e.g. on athletes)
ointment
unprocessed medicinal herb
tisane / decoction (Chinese medicine)
antidote
drugs ban (e.g. for athletes)
lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable / incorrigible / beyond redemption
patent medicine / medicine already made up
laxative
fake drugs
to decoct medicinal herbs
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps
medicinal effect
anther (pollen sack on stamen)
to prescribe medicine / to poison / to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc)
anesthetic
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir
dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc / quack medicine / sham goods
anesthetic; narcotic / knockout drops
traditional Mongolian medicine (or drug)
medical abortion
panacea
lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom) / fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results / (of a solution or method) highly effective
druggist
medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health
to take medicine
to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)
good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
incurable / incorrigible / beyond cure / hopeless
sterilized cotton (used for medical swabs)
brewer's yeast / yeast for fermenting rice wine
pharmacist
pharmacy / dispensary
cosmeceuticals
to administer medicine
to take (illegal) drugs
Daoist elixir
to prescribe medicine
(slang) to take drugs / recreational drug
drugstore / chemist / pharmacist
pot for decocting herbal medicine
antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
medication / herbal remedy
hallucinogen / psychedelic drug
anesthetic; narcotic
dregs of a decoction
effective medicine for a specific condition / highly effective medicine
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
pharmacology
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
medicinal herb seedling
medical swab

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