下药 xià yào

to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc); to poison

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 11571st word

Definitions

  1. 1. to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc)
  2. 2. to poison
  3. 3. to prescribe medicine

Characters

Character Meaning
下 xià HSK 1
down; below; to go down
药 yào HSK 2
medicine; drug