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medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL: 種|种, , / to poison
HSK 2
medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion
HSK 2
a (medicine) pill or tablet / CL:
HSK 2
pharmacy; drugstore
HSK 2
medicaments / pharmaceuticals / medication / medicine / drug
HSK 4
traditional Chinese medicine / CL: , 種|种
HSK 5
medical care and medicines / medicine (drug) / medical / pharmaceutical
HSK 6
medicaments / medicine / drug
HSK 6
explosive (material)
HSK 6
medicinal ingredient
HSK 7-9
gunpowder
HSK 7-9
prescription
HSK 7-9
sleeping pill / CL:
HSK 7-9
patent medicine / medicine already made up
pill / CL:
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir
tonic
medicinal herb
pharmacy / dispensary
anti-inflammatory medicine
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
pharmacist
lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom) / fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results / (of a solution or method) highly effective
to prescribe medicine / to poison / to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc)
agricultural chemical / farm chemical / pesticide
pharmacy
pharmacy; drugstore / dispensary
medicine / medicament / drug / chemical compound
to take medicine
to manufacture medicine
ammunition
Western medicine
Chinese herbal medicine
brewer's yeast / yeast for fermenting rice wine
Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province
drugstore / chemist / pharmacist
to take medicine
painkiller / analgesic / anodyne
antidote
medicinal use / pharmaceutical
Dioscorea polystachya / yam
unprocessed medicinal herb
pharmacology
medicinal cuisine
poison
herbal medicine
legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
oral contraceptive
Daoist elixir
pharmacopoeia
good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
anesthetic
drugs ban (e.g. for athletes)
effective medicine for a specific condition / highly effective medicine
Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
eye drops / eyewash
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps
Chinese herbal medicine
herbal plaster applied to a wound
ammunition dump
medicine bottle
lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable / incorrigible / beyond redemption
to dispense (drugs) / to prescribe
to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)
to use in medicine
fake drugs
pharmacology
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
medical science
dregs of a decoction
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) / common herbaceous peony / peony used in TCM
trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3
hallucinogen / psychedelic drug
narcotic
soporific drug
elixir of life
incurable / incorrigible / beyond cure / hopeless
(dialect) potato / rube / yokel
to decoct medicinal herbs
(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder / (fig.) to be ablaze with anger / ornery / snappy
good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
mercurochrome (antiseptic solution)
medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health
sterilized cotton (used for medical swabs)
rat poison
(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
pharmacology
lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) / fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine
anesthetic; narcotic / knockout drops
traditional Mongolian medicine (or drug)
pharmacist
cosmeceuticals
dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc / quack medicine / sham goods
suppository
rat poison
medicinal effect
to take (illegal) drugs

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