特效药 (特效藥)
tè xiào yào
Pinyin

Definition

特效药 (特效藥)
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tè xiào yào
  1. effective medicine for a specific condition
  2. highly effective medicine

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

功效
gōng xiào
  1. 1 efficacy
效果
xiào guǒ
  1. 1 result
  2. 2 effect
  3. 3 efficacy
  4. 4 (theater) sound or visual effects
效率
xiào lǜ
  1. 1 efficiency
有效
yǒu xiào
  1. 1 effective
  2. 2 in effect
  3. 3 valid
模特
mó tè
  1. 1 (fashion) model (loanword)

Idioms (5)

上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
以儆效尤
yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
  1. 1 in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom)
  2. 2 as a warning to others
大错特错
dà cuò tè cuò
  1. 1 to be gravely mistaken (idiom)
东施效颦
Dōng Shī xiào pín
  1. 1 lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
行之有效
xíng zhī yǒu xiào
  1. 1 to be effective (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那给我特效药吃，我明天晚上要跟朋友吃烧烤，明晚之前就得痊愈。
nà gěi wǒ tèxiàoyào chī ，wǒ míngtiān wǎnshang yào gēn péngyou chī shāokǎo ，míngwǎn zhīqián jiù děi quányù 。
Then give me some special medicine to take. Tomorrow evening I'm going for a barbecue with friends, so I have to be better before then.
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没有特效药这种东西，你感冒就要多休息多喝水，吃清淡的食物，烧烤类的食物要尽量避免。
méiyǒu tèxiàoyào zhèzhǒng dōngxi ，nǐ gǎnmào jiùyào duō xiūxi duō hēshuǐ ，chī qīngdàn de shíwù ，shāokǎo lèi de shíwù yào jǐnliàng bìmiǎn 。
I don't have any special medicine. When you have a cold you have to rest up and drink plenty of water. You should eat plain food and should avoid eating foods like barbecue as much as you can.
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