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Trad. 藥
- medicine
- drug
- substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
- CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
- to poison
Trad. 良藥
- good medicine
- panacea
- fig. a good solution
- a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
Trad. 仙藥
- legendary magic potion of immortals
- panacea
- fig. wonder solution to a problem
Trad. 醫藥
- medical care and medicines
- medicine (drug)
- medical
- pharmaceutical
Trad. 藥水
- Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province
Trad. 靈藥
- legendary magic potion of immortals
- panacea
- fig. wonder solution to a problem
Trad. 芍藥
- Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
- common herbaceous peony
- peony used in TCM
Trad. 製藥廠
- pharmaceutical company
- drugs manufacturing factory
Trad. 火藥味
- smell of gunpowder
- (fig.) combative tone
- belligerence
Trad. 特效藥
- effective medicine for a specific condition
- highly effective medicine
Trad. 單味藥
- medicine made from a single herb
- drug made from a single substance
Trad. 退燒藥
- antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
Trad. 阿仙藥
- gambier extract (from Uncaria gambir), used in TCM
Trad. 原研藥
- (pharmacology) innovator drug; originator drug (as opposed to a generic drug 仿製藥|仿制药[fang3 zhi4 yao4])
Trad. 李百藥
- Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书
Trad. 藥妝店
- drugstore; pharmacy (one that offers health, beauty, and wellness products in addition to medicines – a type of store popular in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong)
Trad. 上眼藥
- to apply eye drops
- (fig.) to speak ill of sb
- to bad-mouth
Trad. 吃槍藥
- (lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder
- (fig.) to be ablaze with anger
- ornery
- snappy
Trad. 迷魂藥
- magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions
- knockout drug
- ecstasy; MDMA
Trad. 敷湯藥
- (coll.) to pay compensation for medical expenses
Trad. 吃錯藥
- (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine
- (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual
- abnormal
Trad. 采蘭贈藥
- see 采蘭贈芍|采兰赠芍[cai3 lan2 zeng4 shao2]
Trad. 無可救藥
- lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable
- incorrigible
- beyond redemption
Trad. 良藥苦口
- good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
Trad. 無藥可救
- see 無可救藥|无可救药[wu2 ke3 jiu4 yao4]
Trad. 以藥養醫
- "drugs serving to nourish doctors", perceived problem in PRC medical practice
Trad. 黃色炸藥
- trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3
Trad. 對症下藥
- 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
Trad. 對症發藥
- 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
Trad. 靈丹妙藥
- effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
- panacea
- elixir
Trad. 狗皮膏藥
- dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc
- quack medicine
- sham goods
Trad. 藥到病除
- lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom)
- fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results
- (of a solution or method) highly effective
Trad. 醫藥分離
- separating medical consultation from dispensing drugs, proposed policy to counteract perceived PRC problem of "drugs serving to nourish doctors" 以藥養醫|以药养医[yi3 yao4 yang3 yi1]
Trad. 藥師如來
- Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
Trad. 生技醫藥
- biopharmaceutical
- drug produced by biotechnology
Trad. 不可救藥
- incurable
- incorrigible
- beyond cure
- hopeless
Trad. 藥石無靈
- (idiom) (of a sick person or disease) to be incurable
Trad. 藥食同源
- lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
- fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine
Trad. 火藥味甚濃
- strong smell of gunpowder
- fig. tense situation
- standoff
Trad. 換湯不換藥
- different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only
- a change in form but not in substance
Trad. 是藥三分毒
- every medicine has its side effect