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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
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  *药* | 药* | *药
leaf of the iris / variant of 藥|药
HSK 2
traditional Chinese medicine / CL: , 種|种
HSK 5
medical care and medicines / medicine (drug) / medical / pharmaceutical
HSK 6
explosive (material)
HSK 6
gunpowder
HSK 7-9
sleeping pill / CL:
HSK 7-9
to manufacture medicine
Chinese herbal medicine
herbal medicine
Dioscorea polystachya / yam
Western medicine
poison
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) / common herbaceous peony / peony used in TCM
to use in medicine
agricultural chemical / farm chemical / pesticide
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
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
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)
panacea
to take medicine
to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)
incurable / incorrigible / beyond cure / hopeless
brewer's yeast / yeast for fermenting rice wine
pharmacist
to administer medicine
to take (illegal) drugs
Daoist elixir
to prescribe medicine
(slang) to take drugs / recreational drug
antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
hallucinogen / psychedelic drug
anesthetic; narcotic
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
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
oral contraceptive
over-the-counter drug
prescription drug
(pharmacology) innovator drug; originator drug (as opposed to a generic drug 仿製藥|仿制药)
painkiller / analgesic / anodyne
Chinese herbal medicine
orphan drug
soporific drug
antidepressant
anti-inflammatory medicine
antidote
generic drug; generic medicine
antivirals
drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书
analgesic
local anesthetic
antihistamine
rat poison
sedative
Chinese traditional medicine
antibacterial
magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions / knockout drug / ecstasy; MDMA
trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
chemical ammunition
suppository
plastic explosive
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
antidepressant
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) / also written 沒藥|没药
insecticide
rat poison
rat poison
antihypertensive drug
to apply eye drops / (fig.) to speak ill of sb / to bad-mouth
elixir of life
legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem

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