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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
药 yào	药 \| 药* \| *药	leaf of the iris / variant of 藥｜药	葯 HSK 2


药 yào	药 \| 药* \| *药	medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL: 種｜种, 服, 味 / to poison	藥 HSK 2


火药 huǒyào	火药 \| 火药* \| *火药	gunpowder	火藥 HSK 6


医药 yīyào	医药 \| 医药* \| *医药	medical care and medicines / medicine (drug) / medical / pharmaceutical	醫藥


中药 zhōngyào	中药 \| 中药* \| *中药	traditional Chinese medicine / CL: 服, 種｜种	中藥


国药 guóyào	国药 \| 国药* \| *国药	Chinese herbal medicine	國藥


兽药 shòuyào	兽药 \| 兽药* \| *兽药	veterinary medicines	獸藥


制药 zhìyào	制药 \| 制药* \| *制药	to manufacture medicine	製藥


下药 xiàyào	下药 \| 下药* \| *下药	to prescribe medicine / to poison / to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc)	下藥


吃药 chīyào	吃药 \| 吃药* \| *吃药	to take medicine	吃藥


草药 cǎoyào	草药 \| 草药* \| *草药	herbal medicine	草藥


成药 chéngyào	成药 \| 成药* \| *成药	patent medicine / medicine already made up	成藥


服药 fúyào	服药 \| 服药* \| *服药	to take medicine	服藥


山药 shānyao	山药 \| 山药* \| *山药	Dioscorea polystachya / yam	山藥


熬药 áoyào	熬药 \| 熬药* \| *熬药	to decoct medicinal herbs	熬藥


对症下药 duìzhèngxiàyào	对症下药 \| 对症下药* \| *对症下药	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	對症下藥


炸药 zhàyào	炸药 \| 炸药* \| *炸药	explosive (material)	炸藥


解药 jiěyào	解药 \| 解药* \| *解药	antidote	解藥


良药 liángyào	良药 \| 良药* \| *良药	good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)	良藥


膏药 gāoyao	膏药 \| 膏药* \| *膏药	herbal plaster applied to a wound	膏藥


灵药 língyào	灵药 \| 灵药* \| *灵药	legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem	靈藥


眼药 yǎnyào	眼药 \| 眼药* \| *眼药	eye drops / eye ointment	眼藥


芍药 sháoyào	芍药 \| 芍药* \| *芍药	Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) / common herbaceous peony / peony used in TCM	芍藥


麻药 máyào	麻药 \| 麻药* \| *麻药	anesthetic	麻藥


配药 pèiyào	配药 \| 配药* \| *配药	to dispense (drugs) / to prescribe	配藥


灵丹妙药 língdānmiàoyào	灵丹妙药 \| 灵丹妙药* \| *灵丹妙药	effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir	靈丹妙藥


无可救药 wúkějiùyào	无可救药 \| 无可救药* \| *无可救药	lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable / incorrigible / beyond redemption	無可救藥


入药 rùyào	入药 \| 入药* \| *入药	to use in medicine	入藥


补药 bǔyào	补药 \| 补药* \| *补药	tonic	補藥


汤药 tāngyào	汤药 \| 汤药* \| *汤药	tisane / decoction (Chinese medicine)	湯藥


鼠药 shǔyào	鼠药 \| 鼠药* \| *鼠药	rat poison	鼠藥


春药 chūnyào	春药 \| 春药* \| *春药	aphrodisiac	春藥


圣药 shèngyào	圣药 \| 圣药* \| *圣药	panacea	聖藥


假药 jiǎyào	假药 \| 假药* \| *假药	fake drugs	假藥


泻药 xièyào	泻药 \| 泻药* \| *泻药	laxative	瀉藥


狗皮膏药 gǒupígāoyao	狗皮膏药 \| 狗皮膏药* \| *狗皮膏药	dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc / quack medicine / sham goods	狗皮膏藥


迷药 míyào	迷药 \| 迷药* \| *迷药	knockout drops / incapacitating agent / Mickey Finn	迷藥


禁药 jìnyào	禁药 \| 禁药* \| *禁药	drugs ban (e.g. for athletes)	禁藥


不可救药 bùkějiùyào	不可救药 \| 不可救药* \| *不可救药	incurable / incorrigible / beyond cure / hopeless	不可救藥


蒙药 méngyào	蒙药 \| 蒙药* \| *蒙药	anesthetic; narcotic / knockout drops	蒙藥


蒙药 měngyào	蒙药 \| 蒙药* \| *蒙药	traditional Mongolian medicine (or drug)	蒙藥


花药 huāyào	花药 \| 花药* \| *花药	anther (pollen sack on stamen)	花藥


生药 shēngyào	生药 \| 生药* \| *生药	unprocessed medicinal herb	生藥


农药 nóngyào	农药 \| 农药* \| *农药	agricultural chemical / farm chemical / pesticide	農藥


抓药 zhuāyào	抓药 \| 抓药* \| *抓药	to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)	抓藥


弹药 dànyào	弹药 \| 弹药* \| *弹药	ammunition	彈藥


酒药 jiǔyào	酒药 \| 酒药* \| *酒药	brewer's yeast / yeast for fermenting rice wine	酒藥


西药 xīyào	西药 \| 西药* \| *西药	Western medicine	西藥


司药 sīyào	司药 \| 司药* \| *司药	pharmacist	司藥


嗑药 kèyào	嗑药 \| 嗑药* \| *嗑药	to take (illegal) drugs	嗑藥


开药 kāiyào	开药 \| 开药* \| *开药	to prescribe medicine	開藥


抗抑郁药 kàngyìyùyào	抗抑郁药 \| 抗抑郁药* \| *抗抑郁药	antidepressant	抗抑鬱藥


嗨药 hāiyào	嗨药 \| 嗨药* \| *嗨药	(slang) to take drugs / recreational drug	嗨藥


给药 jǐyào	给药 \| 给药* \| *给药	to administer medicine	給藥


毒药 dúyào	毒药 \| 毒药* \| *毒药	poison	毒藥


中成药 zhōngchéngyào	中成药 \| 中成药* \| *中成药	prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)	中成藥


安眠药 ānmiányào	安眠药 \| 安眠药* \| *安眠药	sleeping pill / CL: 粒	安眠藥


抗组胺药 kàngzǔ'ànyào	抗组胺药 \| 抗组胺药* \| *抗组胺药	antihistamine	抗組胺藥


避孕药 bìyùnyào	避孕药 \| 避孕药* \| *避孕药	oral contraceptive	避孕藥


上眼药 shàngyǎnyào	上眼药 \| 上眼药* \| *上眼药	to apply eye drops / (fig.) to speak ill of sb / to bad-mouth	上眼藥


不死药 bùsǐyào	不死药 \| 不死药* \| *不死药	elixir of life	不死藥


中草药 zhōngcǎoyào	中草药 \| 中草药* \| *中草药	Chinese herbal medicine	中草藥


仙药 xiānyào	仙药 \| 仙药* \| *仙药	legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem	仙藥


令药 lìngyào	令药 \| 令药* \| *令药	seasonal medication	令藥


仿制药 fǎngzhìyào	仿制药 \| 仿制药* \| *仿制药	generic drug; generic medicine	仿製藥


局麻药 júmáyào	局麻药 \| 局麻药* \| *局麻药	local anesthetic	侷麻藥


催眠药 cuīmiányào	催眠药 \| 催眠药* \| *催眠药	soporific drug	催眠藥


传统中国医药 chuántǒngzhōngguóyīyào	传统…医药 \| 传统…医药* \| *传统…医药	Chinese traditional medicine	傳統中國醫藥


传统医药 chuántǒngyīyào	传统医药 \| 传统医药* \| *传统医药	Chinese traditional medicine	傳統醫藥


八宝眼药 bābǎoyǎnyào	八宝眼药 \| 八宝眼药* \| *八宝眼药	eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)	八寶眼藥


化学弹药 huàxuédànyào	化学弹药 \| 化学弹药* \| *化学弹药	chemical ammunition	化學彈藥


原子爆破弹药 yuánzǐbàopòdànyào	原子…弹药 \| 原子…弹药* \| *原子…弹药	atomic demolition munition	原子爆破彈藥


吃后悔药 chīhòuhuǐyào	吃后悔药 \| 吃后悔药* \| *吃后悔药	(fig.) to regret (doing sth)	吃後悔藥


吃枪药 chīqiāngyào	吃枪药 \| 吃枪药* \| *吃枪药	(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder / (fig.) to be ablaze with anger / ornery / snappy	吃槍藥


吃错药 chīcuòyào	吃错药 \| 吃错药* \| *吃错药	(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal	吃錯藥


单味药 dānwèiyào	单味药 \| 单味药* \| *单味药	medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance	單味藥


坐药 zuòyào	坐药 \| 坐药* \| *坐药	suppository	坐藥


塑胶炸药 sùjiāozhàyào	塑胶炸药 \| 塑胶炸药* \| *塑胶炸药	plastic explosive	塑膠炸藥


孤儿药 gū'éryào	孤儿药 \| 孤儿药* \| *孤儿药	orphan drug	孤兒藥


学名药 xuémíngyào	学名药 \| 学名药* \| *学名药	generic drug; generic medicine	學名藥


对症发药 duìzhèngfāyào	对症发药 \| 对症发药* \| *对症发药	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	對症發藥


感冒药 gǎnmàoyào	感冒药 \| 感冒药* \| *感冒药	medicine for colds	感冒藥


抗忧郁药 kàngyōuyùyào	抗忧郁药 \| 抗忧郁药* \| *抗忧郁药	antidepressant	抗憂鬱藥


抗病毒药 kàngbìngdúyào	抗病毒药 \| 抗病毒药* \| *抗病毒药	antivirals	抗病毒藥


抗菌药 kàngjūnyào	抗菌药 \| 抗菌药* \| *抗菌药	antibacterial	抗菌藥


抗药 kàngyào	抗药 \| 抗药* \| *抗药	drug-resistance (of a pathogen)	抗藥


换汤不换药 huàntāngbùhuànyào	换汤不换药 \| 换汤不换药* \| *换汤不换药	different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance	換湯不換藥


敷汤药 fūtāngyào	敷汤药 \| 敷汤药* \| *敷汤药	(coll.) to pay compensation for medical expenses	敷湯藥


末药 mòyào	末药 \| 末药* \| *末药	myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) / also written 沒藥｜没药	末藥


李百药 Lǐ Bǎiyào	李百药 \| 李百药* \| *李百药	Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書｜北齐书	李百藥


止痛药 zhǐtòngyào	止痛药 \| 止痛药* \| *止痛药	painkiller / analgesic / anodyne	止痛藥


杀虫药 shāchóngyào	杀虫药 \| 杀虫药* \| *杀虫药	insecticide	殺蟲藥


杀蠹药 shādùyào	杀蠹药 \| 杀蠹药* \| *杀蠹药	mothicide	殺蠹藥


杀鼠药 shāshǔyào	杀鼠药 \| 杀鼠药* \| *杀鼠药	rat poison	殺鼠藥


没药 mòyào	没药 \| 没药* \| *没药	myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)	沒藥


消炎药 xiāoyányào	消炎药 \| 消炎药* \| *消炎药	anti-inflammatory medicine	消炎藥


灭鼠药 mièshǔyào	灭鼠药 \| 灭鼠药* \| *灭鼠药	rat poison	滅鼠藥


无农药 wúnóngyào	无农药 \| 无农药* \| *无农药	without agricultural chemicals / pesticide-free	無農藥


特效药 tèxiàoyào	特效药 \| 特效药* \| *特效药	effective medicine for a specific condition / highly effective medicine	特效藥


生技医药 shēngjìyīyào	生技医药 \| 生技医药* \| *生技医药	biopharmaceutical / drug produced by biotechnology	生技醫藥

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