靈丹妙藥 líng dān miào yào

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

靈 líng spirit, soul; spiritual world
丹 dān cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
妙 miào
HSK 5
mysterious, subtle; exquisite
藥 yào drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine