yào

drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine

DEFINITIONS

藥 yào
  • leaf of the iris
  • variant of 藥|药[yao4]
  • medicine
  • drug
  • substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  • CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
  • to poison

WORDS

xià yào to prescribe medicine; to poison; to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc)
不可救 bù kě jiù yào incurable; incorrigible; beyond cure; hopeless
中成 zhōng chéng yào prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
中草 zhōng cǎo yào Chinese herbal medicine
zhōng yào (traditional) Chinese medicine; CL:服[fu4],種|种[zhong3]
交叉耐性 jiāo chā nài yào xìng cross-tolerance
xiān yào legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem
lìng yào seasonal medication
養醫 yǐ yào yǎng yī "drugs serving to nourish doctors", perceived problem in PRC medical practice
侷麻 jú má yào local anesthetic
jiǎ yào fake drugs
催眠 cuī mián yào soporific drug
傳統中國醫 chuán tǒng zhōng guó yī yào Chinese traditional medicine
傳統醫 chuán tǒng yī yào Chinese traditional medicine
rù yào to use in medicine
八寶眼 bā bǎo yǎn yào eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)
zhì yào to manufacture medicine
業 zhì yào yè pharmaceutical industry
化學彈 huà xué dàn yào chemical ammunition
北京中醫大學 běi jīng zhōng yī yào dà xué Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
原子爆破彈 yuán zǐ bào pò dàn yào atomic demolition munition
sī yào pharmacist
吃後悔 chī hòu huǐ yào (fig.) to regret (doing sth)
吃槍 chī qiāng yào (lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder; (fig.) to be ablaze with anger; ornery; snappy
chī yào to take medicine
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