吃错药 (吃錯藥)
chī cuò yào
Pinyin

Definition

吃错药 (吃錯藥)
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chī cuò yào
  1. (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine
  2. (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual
  3. abnormal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吃
chī
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 to consume
  3. 3 to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  4. 4 to eradicate
  5. 5 to destroy
  6. 6 to absorb
  7. 7 to suffer
  8. 8 to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí])
吃吃
chī chī
  1. 1 (onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc)
  2. 2 sound of stammering
吃完
chī wán
  1. 1 to finish eating
吃掉
chī diào
  1. 1 to eat up
  2. 2 to consume
吃药
chī yào
  1. 1 to take medicine

Idioms (20)

不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
吃一堑，长一智
chī yī qiàn , zhǎng yī zhì
  1. 1 Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
吃不了兜着走
chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu
  1. 1 lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you'll have to take the consequences

Sample Sentences

比如说，John以前不太爱干净。他今天把房间打扫得很干净。他老婆一进门，就对他说：“John，你是不是吃错药了？”
bǐrú shuō ，John yǐqián bùtài ài gānjìng 。tā jīntiān bǎ fángjiān dǎsǎo de hěn gānjìng 。tā lǎopó yī jìnmén ，jiù duì tā shuō ：“John ，nǐ shì bu shì chī cuò yào le ？”
For example, John used to not be very clean, then today he cleaned his apartment really well. His wife comes in the door and says to him, 'John, did you take the wrong meds or what?'
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你今天好像吃错药了。
nǐ jīntiān hǎoxiàng chī cuò yào le 。
It's like you took the wrong meds today.
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吃错药了。
chī cuò yào le 。
to take the wrong meds
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Liliana，你是不是吃错药了？
Liliana ，nǐ shì bu shì chī cuò yào le ？
Liliana, did you take the wrong meds?
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