药签
yào qiān
Pinyin

Definition

药签
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yào qiān
  1. medical swab

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
山药
shān yao
  1. 1 Dioscorea polystachya
  2. 2 yam
标签
biāo qiān
  1. 1 label
  2. 2 tag
  3. 3 tab (of a window) (computing)
签
qiān
  1. 1 inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc)
  2. 2 small wood sliver
  3. 3 label
  4. 4 tag
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
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
弹药
dàn yào
  1. 1 ammunition
感冒药
gǎn mào yào
  1. 1 medicine for colds
抽签
chōu qiān
  1. 1 to perform divination with sticks
  2. 2 to draw lots
  3. 3 a ballot (in share dealing)
书签
shū qiān
  1. 1 bookmark
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng]
服药
fú yào
  1. 1 to take medicine
棉签
mián qiān
  1. 1 cotton swab

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
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
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

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