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Results for “药”

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Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.

Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

良药liáng yào

good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)

灵药líng yào

legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem

山药shān yao

Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya) / (dialect) sweet potato / (dialect) potato

对症下药duì zhèng xià yào

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

药到病除yào dào bìng chú

lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom) / fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results / (of a solution or method) highly effective

药妆店yào zhuāng diàn

drugstore / pharmacy (one that offers health, beauty, and wellness products in addition to medicines – a type of store popular in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong)

Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27