对症下药 對症下藥 duì zhèng xià yào HSK 7–9 1. lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it2. to take appropriate steps
1. effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems2. panacea3. elixir
1. to dispense (drugs)2. to prescribe
pharmacy (science of preparing medicines)
1. effective medicine for a specific condition2. highly effective medicine
antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
drug resistance (medicine)
换汤不换药 換湯不換藥 huàn tāng bù huàn yào 1. different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only2. a change in form but not in substance
1. magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions2. knockout drug3. ecstasy; MDMA
trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3
mercurochrome (antiseptic solution)
1. lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom)2. fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results3. (of a solution or method) highly effective
to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)
1. patent medicine2. medicine already made up
1. brewer's yeast2. yeast for fermenting rice wine
unprocessed medicinal herb
1. drug resistance2. drug tolerance (medicine)
1. legendary magic potion of immortals2. panacea3. fig. wonder solution to a problem
to spray agricultural chemicals
drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
1. myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)2. also written 没药[mò yào]
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
1. tisane2. decoction (Chinese medicine)
to decoct medicinal herbs
1. Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)2. common herbaceous peony3. peony used in TCM
anther (pollen sack on stamen)
1. anesthetic; narcotic2. knockout drops
traditional Mongolian medicine (or drug)