药 yào, [葯]/[藥], leaf of the iris/variant of 藥|药[yào], medicine/drug/substance used for a specifi... 药物 yàowù, [藥物], medicaments/pharmaceuticals/medication/medicine/drug 炸药 zhàyào, [炸藥], explosive (material) 药品 yàopǐn, [藥品], medicaments/medicine/drug 毒药 dúyào, [毒藥], poison 弹药 dànyào, [彈藥], ammunition 药片 yàopiàn, [藥片], a (medicine) pill or tablet/CL:片[piàn] 止痛药 zhǐtòngyào, [止痛藥], painkiller/analgesic/anodyne 安眠药 ānmiányào, [安眠藥], sleeping pill/CL:粒[lì] 火药 huǒyào, [火藥], gunpowder 服药 fúyào, [服藥], to take medicine 药丸 yàowán, [藥丸], pill/CL:粒[lì] 药剂 yàojì, [藥劑], medicine/medicament/drug/chemical compound 医药 yīyào, [醫藥], medical care and medicines/medicine (drug)/medical/pharmaceutical 药店 yàodiàn, [藥店], pharmacy 迷幻药 míhuànyào, [迷幻藥], hallucinogen/psychedelic drug 药房 yàofáng, [藥房], pharmacy/drugstore 药剂师 yàojìshī, [藥劑師], drugstore/chemist/pharmacist 下药 xiàyào, [下藥], to prescribe medicine/to poison/to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc) 草药 cǎoyào, [草藥], herbal medicine 制药 zhìyào, [制藥], to manufacture medicine 避孕药 bìyùnyào, [避孕藥], oral contraceptive 药膏 yàogāo, [藥膏], ointment 麻醉药 mázuìyào, [麻醉藥], anesthetic/narcotic/chloroform 药水 Yàoshuǐ/yàoshuǐ, [藥水], Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province, medicin... 麻药 máyào, [麻藥], anesthetic 感冒药 gǎnmàoyào, [感冒藥], medicine for colds 药方 yàofāng, [藥方], prescription 药检 yàojiǎn, [藥檢], drugs test (e.g. on athletes) 吃药 chīyào, [吃藥], to take medicine 火药味 huǒyàowèi, [火藥味], smell of gunpowder/(fig.) combative tone/belligerence 药瓶 yàopíng, [藥瓶], medicine bottle 泻药 xièyào, [瀉藥], laxative 良药 liángyào, [良藥], good medicine/panacea/fig. a good solution/a good remedy (e.g. to a social probl... 春药 chūnyào, [春藥], aphrodisiac 禁药 jìnyào, [禁藥], drugs ban (e.g. for athletes) 药草 yàocǎo, [藥草], medicinal herb 药用 yàoyòng, [藥用], medicinal use/pharmaceutical 农药 nóngyào, [農藥], agricultural chemical/farm chemical/pesticide 灵药 língyào, [靈藥], legendary magic potion of immortals/panacea/fig. wonder solution to a problem 镇静药 zhènjìngyào, [鎮靜藥], sedative 眼药 yǎnyào, [眼藥], eye drops/eye ointment 膏药 gāoyao, [膏藥], herbal plaster applied to a wound 鼠药 shǔyào, [鼠藥], rat poison 山药 shānyao, [山藥], Dioscorea polystachya/yam 弹药库 dànyàokù, [彈藥庫], ammunition dump 药理 yàolǐ, [藥理], pharmacology 药理学 yàolǐxué, [藥理學], pharmacology 对症下药 duìzhèngxiàyào, [對症下藥], lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a pro... 灵丹妙药 língdānmiàoyào, [靈丹妙藥], effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems/pana... 假药 jiǎyào, [假藥], fake drugs 配药 pèiyào, [配藥], to dispense (drugs)/to prescribe 药学 yàoxué, [藥學], pharmacy 特效药 tèxiàoyào, [特效藥], effective medicine for a specific condition/highly effective medicine 催眠药 cuīmiányào, [催眠藥], soporific drug 退烧药 tuìshāoyào, [退燒藥], antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide) 中药 Zhōngyào, [中藥], (traditional) Chinese medicine/CL:服[fù],種|种[zhǒng] 抗药性 kàngyàoxìng, [抗藥性], drug resistance (medicine) 药物学 yàowùxué, [藥物學], pharmacology 补药 bǔyào, [補藥], tonic 药材 yàocái, [藥材], medicinal ingredient 换汤不换药 huàntāngbùhuànyào, [換湯不換藥], different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only/a chang... 中草药 zhōngcǎoyào, [中草藥], Chinese herbal medicine 黄色炸药 huángsèzhàyào, [黃色炸藥], trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H(NÓ)3CH 红药水 hóngyàoshuǐ, [紅藥水], mercurochrome (antiseptic solution) 圣药 shèngyào, [聖藥], panacea 药到病除 yàodàobìngchú, [藥到病除], lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom)/fig. (of a me... 抓药 zhuāyào, [抓藥], to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine) 药膳 yàoshàn, [藥膳], medicinal cuisine 杀虫药 shāchóngyào, [殺蟲藥], insecticide 西药 xīyào, [西藥], Western medicine 成药 chéngyào, [成藥], patent medicine/medicine already made up 酒药 jiǔyào, [酒藥], brewer's yeast/yeast for fermenting rice wine 生药 shēngyào, [生藥], unprocessed medicinal herb 耐药性 nàiyàoxìng, [耐藥性], drug resistance/drug tolerance (medicine) 不可救药 bùkějiùyào, [不可救藥], incurable/incorrigible/beyond cure/hopeless 专利药品 zhuānlìyàopǐn, [專利藥品], patent drugs 中成药 zhōngchéngyào, [中成藥], prepared prescription (Chinese medicine) 交叉耐药性 jiāochānàiyàoxìng, [交叉耐藥性], cross-tolerance 仙药 xiānyào, [仙藥], legendary magic potion of immortals/panacea/fig. wonder solution to a problem 令药 lìngyào, [令藥], seasonal medication 以药养医 yǐyàoyǎngyī, [以藥養醫], "drugs serving to nourish doctors", perceived problem in PRC medical practice 传统中国医药 chuántǒngzhōngguóyīyào, [傳統中國醫藥], Chinese traditional medicine 传统医药 chuántǒngyīyào, [傳統醫藥], Chinese traditional medicine 入药 rùyào, [入藥], to use in medicine 八宝眼药 bābǎoyǎnyào, [八寶眼藥], eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM) 兽药 shòuyào, [獸藥], veterinary medicines 制药业 zhìyàoyè, [制藥業], pharmaceutical industry 制药企业 zhìyàoqǐyè, [製藥企業], pharmaceutical company 制药厂 zhìyàochǎng, [製藥廠], pharmaceutical company/drugs manufacturing factory 化学弹药 huàxuédànyào, [化學彈藥], chemical ammunition 北京中医药大学 BěijīngZhōngyīyàoDàxué, [北京中醫藥大學], Beijing University of Chinese Medicine 医药分离 yīyàofēnlí, [醫藥分離], separating medical consultation from dispensing drugs, proposed policy to counte... 医药商店 yīyàoshāngdiàn, [醫藥商店], chemist/druggist/pharmacy 医药学 yīyàoxué, [醫藥學], medical science 单味药 dānwèiyào, [單味藥], medicine made from a single herb/drug made from a single substance 原子爆破弹药 yuánzǐbàopòdànyào, [原子爆破彈藥], atomic demolition munition 司药 sīyào, [司藥], pharmacist 吃后悔药 chīhòuhuǐyào, [吃後悔藥], (fig.) to regret (doing sth) 吃枪药 chīqiāngyào, [吃槍藥], (lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder/(fig.) to be ablaze with anger/ornery/snappy 吃错药 chīcuòyào, [吃錯藥], (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine/(fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different... 嗑药 kèyào, [嗑藥], to take (illegal) drugs 嗨药 hāiyào, [嗨藥], (slang) to take drugs/recreational drug 坐药 zuòyào, [坐藥], suppository 塑胶炸药 sùjiāozhàyào, [塑膠炸藥], plastic explosive 孤儿药 gūéryào, [孤兒藥], orphan drug 对症发药 duìzhèngfāyào, [對症發藥], lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a pro... 局麻药 júmáyào, [侷麻藥], local anesthetic 山药蛋 shānyaodàn, [山藥蛋], (dialect) potato/rube/yokel 广东药学院 GuǎngdōngYàoXuéyuàn, [廣東藥學院], Guangdong Pharmaceutical University 广州中医药大学 GuǎngzhōuZhōngyīyàoDàxué, [廣州中醫藥大學], Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine 开药 kāiyào, [開藥], to prescribe medicine 弹药补给站 dànyàobǔjǐzhàn, [彈藥補給站], ammunition depot 抗忧郁药 kàngyōuyùyào, [抗憂鬱藥], antidepressant 抗抑郁药 kàngyìyùyào, [抗抑鬱藥], antidepressant 抗病毒药 kàngbìngdúyào, [抗病毒藥], antivirals 抗组胺药 kàngzǔànyào, [抗組胺藥], antihistamine 抗药 kàngyào, [抗藥], drug-resistance (of a pathogen) 抗药能力 kàngyàonénglì, [抗藥能力], drug-resistance (of a pathogen) 抗菌药 kàngjūnyào, [抗菌藥], antibacterial 拟阿拖品药物 nǐātuōpǐnyàowù, [擬阿拖品藥物], atropinemimetic drug 敷汤药 fūtāngyào, [敷湯藥], (coll.) to pay compensation for medical expenses 无农药 wúnóngyào, [無農藥], without agricultural chemicals/pesticide-free 无可救药 wúkějiùyào, [無可救藥], lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable/incorrigible/beyond redemption 无药可救 wúyàokějiù, [無藥可救], see 無可救藥|无可救药[wú kě jiù yào] 是药三分毒 shìyàosānfēndú, [是藥三分毒], every medicine has its side effect 有药瘾者 yǒuyàoyǐnzhě, [有藥癮者], addict 服药过量 fúyàoguòliàng, [服藥過量], overdose of drugs 末药 mòyào, [末藥], myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)/also written 沒藥|没药 杀蠹药 shādùyào, [殺蠹藥], mothicide 杀鼠药 shāshǔyào, [殺鼠藥], rat poison 李百药 LǐBǎiyào, [李百藥], Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Q... 棉药签 miányàoqiān, [棉藥籤], medical swab 汤药 tāngyào, [湯藥], tisane/decoction (Chinese medicine) 没药 mòyào, [沒藥], myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) 消炎药 xiāoyányào, [消炎藥], anti-inflammatory medicine 火药味甚浓 huǒyàowèishènnóng, [火藥味甚濃], strong smell of gunpowder/fig. tense situation/standoff 灭鼠药 mièshǔyào, [滅鼠藥], rat poison 熬药 áoyào, [熬藥], to decoct medicinal herbs 狗皮膏药 gǒupígāoyao, [狗皮膏藥], dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc/quack medic... 生技医药 shēngjìyīyào, [生技醫藥], biopharmaceutical/drug produced by biotechnology 生物弹药 shēngwùdànyào, [生物彈藥], biological ammunition 眼药水 yǎnyàoshuǐ, [眼藥水], eye drops/eye lotion 祛痰药 qūtányào, [祛痰藥], medicine to dispel phlegm (TCM) 精神药物 jīngshényàowù, [精神藥物], psychotropic drugs 膏药旗 gāoyaoqí, [膏藥旗], Japanese flag (derog.) 良药苦口 liángyàokǔkǒu, [良藥苦口], good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow 芍药 sháoyào, [芍藥], Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)/common herbaceous peony/peony used in TCM 花药 huāyào, [花藥], anther (pollen sack on stamen) 药代动力学 yàodàidònglìxué, [藥代動力學], pharmacokinetics 药典 yàodiǎn, [藥典], pharmacopoeia 药剂士 yàojìshì, [藥劑士], druggist/pharmacist 药动学 yàodòngxué, [藥動學], pharmacokinetics 药商 yàoshāng, [藥商], druggist 药局 yàojú, [藥局], pharmacy/dispensary 药师佛 Yàoshīfó, [藥師佛], Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru) 药师如来 Yàoshīrúlái, [藥師如來], Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru) 药师经 yàoshījīng, [藥師經], Healing sutra/Bhaisajyaguru sutra 药方儿 yàofāngr, [藥方兒], erhua variant of 藥方|药方[yào fāng] 药棉 yàomián, [藥棉], sterilized cotton (used for medical swabs) 药水儿 yàoshuǐr, [藥水兒], erhua variant of 藥水|药水[yào shuǐ] 药流 yàoliú, [藥流], medical abortion 药渣 yàozhà, [藥渣], dregs of a decoction 药物代谢动力学 yàowùdàixièdònglìxué, [藥物代謝動力學], pharmacokinetics 药物学家 yàowùxuéjiā, [藥物學家], pharmacologist 药用价值 yàoyòngjiàzhí, [藥用價值], medicinal value 药疗 yàoliáo, [藥療], medication/herbal remedy 药监局 Yàojiānjú, [藥監局], State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA)/abbr. for 國家食品藥品監督管理局|国家食品药品监督管理局[Guó ... 药签 yàoqiān, [藥籤], medical swab 药罐 yàoguàn, [藥罐], pot for decocting herbal medicine 药苗 yàomiáo, [藥苗], immunization 药补 yàobǔ, [藥補], medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health 药补不如食补 yàobǔbùrúshíbǔ, [藥補不如食補], the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition 药食同源 yàoshítóngyuán, [藥食同源], lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)/fig. there is no clear-... 葫芦里卖的是什么药 húlulǐmàideshìshénmeyào, [葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥], what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?/what's going on? 蒙药 mēngyào, [蒙藥], anesthetic/knockout drops 解毒药 jiědúyào, [解毒藥], an antidote 解药 jiěyào, [解藥], antidote 解酸药 jiěsuānyào, [解酸藥], antacid 试药族 shìyàozú, [試藥族], people who participate in clinical trials 调药刀 tiáoyàodāo, [調藥刀], spatula 跌打药 diēdǎyào, [跌打藥], liniment 违禁药品 wéijìnyàopǐn, [違禁藥品], illegal medicines 迷药 míyào, [迷藥], knockout drops/incapacitating agent/Mickey Finn 镇定药 zhèndìngyào, [鎮定藥], sedative drug 镇痛药 zhèntòngyào, [鎮痛藥], analgesic 阿仙药 āxiānyào, [阿仙藥], gambier extract (from Uncaria gambir), used in TCM 降血压药 jiàngxuèyāyào, [降血壓藥], antihypertensive drug 非处方药 fēichǔfāngyào, [非處方藥], over-the-counter drug 食品药品监督局 shípǐnyàopǐnjiāndūjú, [食品藥品監督局], state food and drug administration (SDA) 食品药品监督管理局 ShípǐnYàopǐnJiāndūGuǎnlǐjú, [食品藥品監督管理局], (China) Food and Drug Administration 食物及药品管理局 shíwùjíyàopǐnguǎnlǐjú, [食物及藥品管理局], US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA) 高能烈性炸药 gāonénglièxìngzhàyào, [高能烈性炸藥], high explosive 麻醉药品 mázuìyàopǐn, [麻醉藥品], narcotic