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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藥* | 藥* | *藥
medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL: 種|种, , / to poison
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *葯* | 葯* | *葯
leaf of the iris / variant of 藥|药
HSK 2
traditional Chinese medicine / CL: , 種|种
HSK 5
medical care and medicines / medicine (drug) / medical / pharmaceutical
HSK 6
explosive (material)
HSK 6
gunpowder
HSK 7-9
sleeping pill / CL:
HSK 7-9
patent medicine / medicine already made up
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir
tonic
anti-inflammatory medicine
laxative
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
to prescribe medicine / to poison / to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc)
agricultural chemical / farm chemical / pesticide
to take medicine
to manufacture medicine
ammunition
Western medicine
Chinese herbal medicine
brewer's yeast / yeast for fermenting rice wine
to take medicine
painkiller / analgesic / anodyne
antidote
Dioscorea polystachya / yam
unprocessed medicinal herb
poison
herbal medicine
legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
oral contraceptive
Daoist elixir
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
knockout drops / incapacitating agent / Mickey Finn
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
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
tisane / decoction (Chinese medicine)
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) / common herbaceous peony / peony used in TCM
eye drops / eye ointment
trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3
hallucinogen / psychedelic drug
soporific drug
elixir of life
incurable / incorrigible / beyond cure / hopeless
to decoct medicinal herbs
(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder / (fig.) to be ablaze with anger / ornery / snappy
rat poison
(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
anesthetic; narcotic / knockout drops
traditional Mongolian medicine (or drug)
pharmacist
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) / also written 沒藥|没药
dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc / quack medicine / sham goods
suppository
rat poison
to take (illegal) drugs
(slang) to take drugs / recreational drug
veterinary medicines
without agricultural chemicals / pesticide-free
medicine for colds
plastic explosive
prescription drug
generic drug; generic medicine
antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
biopharmaceutical / drug produced by biotechnology
anther (pollen sack on stamen)
over-the-counter drug; OTC drug
to prescribe medicine
generic drug; generic medicine
orphan drug
antidepressant
antidepressant
antihistamine
Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书
antidote
anesthetic; narcotic
antivirals
insecticide
rat poison
to apply eye drops / (fig.) to speak ill of sb / to bad-mouth
seasonal medication
Chinese traditional medicine
Chinese traditional medicine
eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)
(pharmacology) prodrug
chemical ammunition
(pharmacology) innovator drug; originator drug (as opposed to a generic drug 仿製藥|仿制药)
medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance

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