泻药 (瀉藥)
xiè yào
Pinyin

Definition

泻药 (瀉藥)
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xiè yào
  1. laxative

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中药
Zhōng yào
  1. 1 (traditional) Chinese medicine
  2. 2 classifier: 服 fù
  3. 3 classifier: 种 zhǒng
吃药
chī yào
  1. 1 to take medicine
山药
shān yao
  1. 1 Dioscorea polystachya
  2. 2 yam
腹泻
fù xiè
  1. 1 diarrhea
  2. 2 to have the runs
药
yào
  1. 1 medicine
  2. 2 drug
  3. 3 substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  4. 4 classifier: 种 zhǒng
  5. 5 classifier: 服 fù
  6. 6 classifier: 味 wèi
  7. 7 to poison

Idioms (8)

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
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

Sample Sentences

当时老娘很生气，后果很严重，我就在咱们的鸳鸯火锅里放了“足量”的泻药，然后，男票，哦不，前男票就被送进医院急诊了。
dāngshí lǎoniáng hěn shēngqì ，hòuguǒ hěn yánzhòng ，wǒ jiù zài zánmen de yuānyang huǒguō lǐ fàng le “zú liáng ”de xièyào ，ránhòu ，nánpiào ，ò bù ，qián nánpiào jiù bèi sòng jìn yīyuàn jízhěn le 。
At the time I was very angry, and the fallout was really serious. I put quite a quantity of laxative in our couples' hotpot, then, my bae, oh no, my ex-bae, was sent to the emergency room.
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我等会儿去药店买点儿止泻药吧。
wǒ děng huǐr qù yàodiàn mǎi diǎnr zhǐxièyào ba 。
We'll go to the pharmacy in a bit and get some antidiarrheal medicine.
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