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HSK
traditional Chinese medicine / CL: , 種|种
HSK 5
medical care and medicines / medicine (drug) / medical / pharmaceutical
HSK 6
to spray agricultural chemicals
explosive; blasting agent; dynamite
HSK 6
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  *藥* | 藥* | *藥
medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL: 種|种, , / to poison
HSK 2
gunpowder
HSK 7-9
prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
ammunition
knockout drops / incapacitating agent / Mickey Finn
to use in medicine
prescription drug
trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3
incurable / incorrigible / beyond cure / hopeless
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
sleeping pill / CL:
HSK 7-9
to take (illegal) drugs
anesthetic; narcotic
Dioscorea polystachya / yam
Chinese herbal medicine
medicine for colds
generic drug; generic medicine
painkiller / analgesic / anodyne
effective medicine for a specific condition / highly effective medicine
agricultural chemical / farm chemical / pesticide
generic drug; generic medicine
antibacterial
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
Daoist elixir
legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
sedative
sedative drug
antivirals
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
poison
analgesic
to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)
elixir of life
(slang) to take drugs / recreational drug
to take medicine
antidepressant
to manufacture medicine
Western medicine
antidepressant
(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder / (fig.) to be ablaze with anger / ornery / snappy
to apply eye drops / (fig.) to speak ill of sb / to bad-mouth
insecticide
anti-inflammatory medicine
good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
Chinese traditional medicine
anesthetic; narcotic / knockout drops
traditional Mongolian medicine (or drug)
drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
rat poison
laxative
lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable / incorrigible / beyond redemption
to dispense (drugs) / to prescribe
aphrodisiac
antidote
medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance
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
to decoct medicinal herbs
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on?
eye drops / eye ointment
unprocessed medicinal herb
(pharmacology) prodrug
biological ammunition
to prescribe medicine
(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
local anesthetic
antihypertensive drug
antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
antihistamine
anesthetic
Chinese herbal medicine
to take medicine
herbal plaster applied to a wound
antacid
Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书
hallucinogen / psychedelic drug
dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc / quack medicine / sham goods
tisane / decoction (Chinese medicine)
pharmacist
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir
(coll.) to pay compensation for medical expenses
over-the-counter drug; OTC drug
eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)
medicine to dispel phlegm (TCM)
tonic
(pharmacology) innovator drug; originator drug (as opposed to a generic drug 仿製藥|仿制药)
orphan drug
herbal medicine
biopharmaceutical / drug produced by biotechnology
magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions / knockout drug / ecstasy; MDMA
fake drugs
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) / common herbaceous peony / peony used in TCM
gambier extract (from Uncaria gambir), used in TCM
soporific drug
patent medicine / medicine already made up
panacea

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