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HSK
medical care and medicines / medicine (drug) / medical / pharmaceutical
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *药* | 药* | *药
medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL: 種|种, , / to poison
HSK 2
traditional Chinese medicine / CL: , 種|种
HSK 5
ammunition
Chinese traditional medicine
agricultural chemical / farm chemical / pesticide
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir
Chinese herbal medicine
incurable / incorrigible / beyond cure / hopeless
prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
to take medicine
fake drugs
medicine for colds
drugs ban (e.g. for athletes)
explosive; blasting agent; dynamite
HSK 6
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on?
generic drug; generic medicine
to use in medicine
sleeping pill / CL:
HSK 7-9
Dioscorea polystachya / yam
to take (illegal) drugs
antivirals
(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
to prescribe medicine / to drug; to poison
gunpowder
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *药* | 药* | *药
leaf of the iris / variant of 藥|药
HSK 2
elixir of life
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
anti-inflammatory medicine
good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
Chinese herbal medicine
to apply eye drops / (fig.) to speak ill of sb / to bad-mouth
legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
soporific drug
drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
Daoist elixir
to dispense (drugs) / to prescribe
(pharmacology) innovator drug; originator drug (as opposed to a generic drug 仿製藥|仿制药)
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
anther (pollen sack on stamen)
antidote
prescription drug
to prescribe medicine
antibacterial
veterinary medicines
Chinese traditional medicine
antihistamine
to administer medicine
anesthetic
poison
effective medicine for a specific condition / highly effective medicine
hallucinogen / psychedelic drug
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) / common herbaceous peony / peony used in TCM
antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
(pharmacology) prodrug
antidote
tonic
chemical ammunition
to manufacture medicine
medicine to dispel phlegm (TCM)
panacea
plastic explosive
lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable / incorrigible / beyond redemption
antihypertensive drug
patent medicine / medicine already made up
medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance
herbal medicine
Western medicine
knockout drops / incapacitating agent / Mickey Finn
to take medicine
rat poison
over-the-counter drug; OTC drug
aphrodisiac
oral contraceptive
laxative
herbal plaster applied to a wound
analgesic
(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder / (fig.) to be ablaze with anger / ornery / snappy
suppository
insecticide
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
tisane / decoction (Chinese medicine)
knockout drops
rat poison
unprocessed medicinal herb
pharmacist
painkiller / analgesic / anodyne
eye drops / eye ointment
without agricultural chemicals / pesticide-free
antidepressant
liniment
biopharmaceutical / drug produced by biotechnology
eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)
generic drug; generic medicine
local anesthetic
antidepressant
legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
to decoct medicinal herbs

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