灵丹妙药 líng dān miào yào

magic cure; fix-all solution

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 35980th word

Definitions

  1. 1. effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
  2. 2. panacea
  3. 3. elixir

Characters

Character Meaning
灵 líng HSK 5
effective; efficacious; spirit
丹 dān
red; cinnabar; powder
妙 miào HSK 5
wonderful; clever; variant of 妙miào
药 yào HSK 2
medicine; drug