汤药
tāng yào
Pinyin

Definition

汤药
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tāng yào
  1. tisane
  2. decoction (Chinese medicine)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中药
Zhōng yào
  1. 1 (traditional) Chinese medicine
  2. 2 CL:服[fù],種|种[zhǒng]
吃药
chī yào
  1. 1 to take medicine
汤
Tāng
  1. 1 surname Tang
汤圆
tāng yuán
  1. 1 boiled balls of glutinous rice flour, eaten during the Lantern Festival
药
yào
  1. 1 medicine
  2. 2 drug
  3. 3 substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  4. 4 CL:種|种[zhǒng],服[fù],味[wèi]
  5. 5 to poison
药店
yào diàn
  1. 1 pharmacy
药物
yào wù
  1. 1 medicaments
  2. 2 pharmaceuticals
  3. 3 medication
  4. 4 medicine
  5. 5 drug
鸡汤
jī tāng
  1. 1 chicken stock
  2. 2 chicken soup
  3. 3 (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
中草药
zhōng cǎo yào
  1. 1 Chinese herbal medicine
入药
rù yào
  1. 1 to use in medicine
制药
zhì yào
  1. 1 to manufacture medicine
吃错药
chī cuò yào
  1. 1 (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine
  2. 2 (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual
  3. 3 abnormal
安眠药
ān mián yào
  1. 1 sleeping pill
  2. 2 CL:粒[lì]
对症下药
duì zhèng xià yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps
山药
shān yao
  1. 1 Dioscorea polystachya
  2. 2 yam
弹药
dàn yào
  1. 1 ammunition
感冒药
gǎn mào yào
  1. 1 medicine for colds
服药
fú yào
  1. 1 to take medicine
止痛药
zhǐ tòng yào
  1. 1 painkiller
  2. 2 analgesic
  3. 3 anodyne
毒药
dú yào
  1. 1 poison

Idioms (14)

一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
以汤沃沸
yǐ tāng wò fèi
  1. 1 to manage a situation badly (idiom)
固若金汤
gù ruò jīn tāng
  1. 1 secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)
  2. 2 well fortified
  3. 3 invulnerable to attack
对症下药
duì zhèng xià yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps
对症发药
duì zhèng fā yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps
换汤不换药
huàn tāng bù huàn yào
  1. 1 different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only
  2. 2 a change in form but not in substance
斧钺汤镬
fǔ yuè tāng huò
  1. 1 battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution
无可救药
wú kě jiù yào
  1. 1 lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable
  2. 2 incorrigible
  3. 3 beyond redemption
良药苦口
liáng yào kǔ kǒu
  1. 1 good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
药到病除
yào dào bìng chú
  1. 1 lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results
  3. 3 (of a solution or method) highly effective
药食同源
yào shí tóng yuán
  1. 1 lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine
赴汤蹈火
fù tāng dǎo huǒ
  1. 1 to go through water and tread on fire (idiom); not afraid of any difficulty
灵丹妙药
líng dān miào yào
  1. 1 effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
  2. 2 panacea
  3. 3 elixir
香汤沐浴
xiāng tāng mù yù
  1. 1 to bathe in a fragrant hot spring (idiom)

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