1 (traditional) Chinese medicine

2 classifier: 服 fù

3 classifier: 种 zhǒng

1 to take medicine

1 to complement

2 to make up for a deficiency

1 medicine

2 drug

3 substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)

4 classifier: 种 zhǒng

5 classifier: 服 fù

6 classifier: 味 wèi

7 to poison

1 pharmacy

1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)

2 fig. to act belatedly

3 better late than never

4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)

2 to use this in place of that

3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts

1 to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)

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 to take appropriate steps

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 to take appropriate steps