药 (藥)
yào
Pinyin

Definition

药 (藥)
 - 
yào
  1. medicine
  2. drug
  3. substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  4. CL:種|种[zhǒng],服[fù],味[wèi]
  5. to poison

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
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
药店
yào diàn
  1. 1 pharmacy

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

小麦，你吃炸药啊？她怎么了？
xiǎomài ，nǐ chīzhàyào a ？tā zěnmele ？
Xiao Mai, you look so furious as if you just ate a dynamite! What did she do this time?
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你今天怎么跟吃火药似的，咸吃萝卜淡操心。
nǐ jīntiān zěnme gēn chī huǒyào shìde ，xián chī luóbo dàn cāoxīn 。
You’re snappish today, worrying for nothing.
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还逛十元店？你真是个无可救药的购物狂。
hái guàng shí yuán diàn ？nǐ zhēnshi ge wúkějiùyào de gòuwùkuáng 。
Still want to shop at the $10 store? You are really an incorrigible shopaholic.
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消暑冷饮中最出名的冰碗是用甜瓜果藕、杏仁豆腐、葡萄干、鲜胡桃、淮山药、枣泥糕等料制成，冰镇后吃起来十分爽口。
xiāoshǔ lěngyǐn zhōng zuì chūmíng de bīng wǎn shì yòng tián guāguǒ ǒu 、xìngréndòufu 、pútaogān 、xiān hútáo 、huáishānyào 、zǎoní gāo děng liào zhìchéng ，bīngzhèn hòu chī qilai shífēn shuǎngkǒu 。
The most popular ice bowls during summer were made from melon candied fruit, almond tofu, raisins, fresh walnuts, yam, jujube paste etc. They were freezed into ice and tasted extremely refreshing.
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目前，上门预约回收覆盖上海金山、奉贤、浦东、崇明四个行政区，静安区五个街道，回收种类从大旧家电开始，将逐步覆盖到家具、废纸、废塑料、废玻璃、过期药品、化妆品等品类。
mùqián ，shàngmén yùyuē huíshōu fùgài Shànghǎi Jīnshān 、Fèngxián 、Pǔdōng 、Chóngmíng sì ge xíngzhèngqū ，Jìngānqū wǔ ge jiēdào ，huíshōu zhǒnglèi cóng dà jiù jiādiàn kāishǐ ，jiāng zhúbù fùgài dào jiājù 、fèizhǐ 、fèi sùliào 、fèi bōli 、guòqī yàopǐn 、huàzhuāngpǐn děng pǐnlèi 。
At present, the door-to-door reservations cover the four administrative districts of Shanghai Jinshan, Fengxian, Pudong and Chongming, and 5 streets in Jing'an District. The recycling types will start with large old appliances, and will gradually expand to furniture, waste paper, waste plastics, waste glass, expired drugs, cosmetics and other categories.
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沿着古丝绸之路，佛教、伊斯兰教及阿拉伯的天文、历法、医药传入中国，中国的四大发明、养蚕技术也由此传向世界。更为重要的是，商品和知识交流带来了观念创新。
yánzhe gǔ SīchóuzhīLù ，Fójiào 、Yīsīlánjiào jí Ālābó de tiānwén 、lìfǎ 、yīyào chuánrù Zhōngguó ，Zhōngguó de sìdàfāmíng 、yǎngcán jìshù yě yóucǐ chuán Xiàng shìjiè 。gèngwéi zhòngyào de shì ，shāngpǐn hé zhīshi jiāoliú dàilái le guānniàn chuàngxīn 。
Buddhism and Islam came to China along the old Silk Road, along with Arabian astronomy, calendars and medicine, and China’s four great inventions (the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing) and silk farming technology also passed to the world along it. More importantly, the exchange of goods and ideas brought with it conceptual innovation.
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制售假冒星巴克咖啡窝点被警方捣毁，无锡警方查获4600余公斤咖啡原料，控制10余名嫌疑人；北京市食品药品监管部门正在取证调查。
zhìshòu jiǎmào Xīngbākè kāfēi wōdiǎn bèi jǐngfāng dǎohuǐ ，Wúxī jǐngfāng cháhuò yú gōngjīn kāfēi yuánliào ，kòngzhì yú míng xiányírén ；BěijīngShì shípǐn yàopǐn jiānguǎn bùmén zhèngzài qǔzhèng diàochá 。
Dens selling counterfeit Starbucks coffee were destroyed by police. Wuxi police seized more than 4,600 kilograms of raw coffee materials and caught more than 10 suspects. The Beijing Food and Drug Administration is in the process of obtaining evidence.
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中国将在2020年建成8亿亩高标准农田，更加高产，并可减少用水、化肥和农药。
Zhōngguó jiāng zài nián jiànchéng yì mǔ gāobiāozhǔn nóngtián ，gèngjiā gāochǎn ，bìng kě jiǎnshǎo yòngshuǐ 、huàféi hé nóngyào 。
China will build 800 million acres of high-standard farmland in 2020, which will be more productive and reduce water, fertilizer and pesticides.
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有一个人吃了仙药后就飞上天了。结果剩下的仙药被鸡和狗吃了，所以它们就一起飞上天了。
yǒu yīgè rén chī le xiānyào hòu jiù fēi shàng tiān le 。jiéguǒ shèngxià de xiānyào bèi jī hé gǒu chī le ，suǒyǐ tāmen jiù yīqǐ fēi shàng tiān le 。
There was a man who flew up to the sky after he took the elixir. In the end, the chicken and the dog ate the rest of the elixir, so they flew up to heaven together.
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看你这紧张的样子，我带点儿过敏药不就行了？毕竟美食不能耽误。
kàn nǐ zhè jǐnzhāng de yàngzi ，wǒ dài diǎnr guòmǐn yào bù jiù xíng le ？bìjìng měishí bùnéng dānwu 。
See how nervous you’ve become! I’ll just bring my allergy medications after all good food shouldn’t be delayed!
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