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 yào medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison
Results beginning with 药
 yào pǐn medicaments / medicine / drug
 yào wù medicaments / pharmaceuticals / medication / medicine / drug
 yào diàn pharmacy
 yào cái medicinal ingredient
 yào shuǐ medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion
 yào jì medicine / medicament / drug / chemical compound
 yào yòng medicinal use / pharmaceutical
 yào fáng pharmacy / drugstore
 yào wán pill / CL:粒[li4]
 yào fāng prescription
 yào xué pharmacy
 yào lǐ pharmacology
 yào shàn medicinal cuisine
 yào cǎo medicinal herb
 yào piàn a (medicine) pill or tablet / CL:片[pian4]
 yào diǎn pharmacopoeia
 yào gāo ointment
 yào xìng medicinal effect
 yào píng medicine bottle
  drug kit
 yào shāng druggist
 yào jiǎn drugs test (e.g. on athletes)
 yào liú medical abortion
 yào zhà dregs of a decoction
 yào guàn pot for decocting herbal medicine
 yào mián sterilized cotton (used for medical swabs)
  drug trolley / mini-dispensary / medicine trolley / drug dispensary trolley
 yào bǔ medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health
 yào jú pharmacy / dispensary
 yào liáo medication / herbal remedy
 yào miáo immunization
 yào qiān medical swab
 yào xíng pharmaceutical form
 yào yǐn drug dependence
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 Yào jiān jú 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[Guo2 jia1 Shi2 pin3 Yao4 pin3 Jian1 du1 Guan3 li3 ju2]
 yào lǐ xué pharmacology
 yào jì shī drugstore / chemist / pharmacist
 Yào shī fó Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
 yào wù xué pharmacology
  medicated salt
 yào dòng xué pharmacokinetics
 yào fāng r erhua variant of 藥方|药方[yao4 fang1]
 yào jì shì druggist / pharmacist
 yào shī jīng Healing sutra / Bhaisajyaguru sutra
 yào shuǐ r erhua variant of 藥水|药水[yao4 shui3]
 yào shǔ kuí marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis)
 yào wù zhì liáo drug treatment
  pharmacological action
 yào yòng jià zhí medicinal value
 yào wù zhì jì pharmaceutical preparations
  drug safety monitoring / drug monitoring
  pharmacological profile
  drug testing
  drug testing
  drug metabolism
  drug misuse
  drug shipment
 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
 yào mǐn shì yàn drug susceptibility testing
 Yào shī rú lái Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
 yào shí tóng yuán lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) / fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine
 yào wù chéng yǐn drug
 yào wù dú xìng drug toxicity
 yào wù guǎn zhì drug control
 yào wù làn yòng drug abuse
 yào wù shāi xuǎn drug screening
 yào wù xué jiā pharmacologist
 yào wù yī lài drug dependence
 yào wù yòng fǎ drug administration scheduling
 yào xué jī jīn Caisses de pharmacie scolaires
  drug refrigerator
  drug abuser
  drug-consuming country
  drug designer
  drug source country
  drug consumption
 yào dài dòng lì xué pharmacokinetics
 yào wù bù nài zhèng drug intolerance
 yào wù jiǎn cè bāo drug testing kit / drug test kit
使 yào wù shǐ yòng zhě drug taker / drug user
 yào wù xí guàn xìng drug habituation
  availability of drugs
  drug-drug interaction / drug interaction
  drug control officer
  drug revolving fund
  Programme of Access to Medicines
  Drug Programme
  drug-control issues
  drug profiling
  signature analysis of drugs
  drug-control authorities
  programme on drug dependence
  drug control treaty
  drug control administration
  drug control administrator
 yào bǔ bù rú shí bǔ the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition
 yào wù zī xún fāng àn Drug Advisory Programme
  patterns of drug abuse
  Medicines Patent Pool Initiative
 yào wù dài xiè dòng lì xué pharmacokinetics
 yào wù làn yòng dēng jì biǎo drug abuse registry
 yào wù mǐn gǎn xìng shì yàn drug susceptibility testing
 yào wù yī lài zōng hé zhēng dependence syndrome
  Manual on Drug Abuse Assessment
  Programme on Substance Abuse
  Division of Drug Management and Policies
  estimate system / estimates of drug requirements
  Expert Committee on Drug Dependence
  Workshop on Drug Abuse Research
  Drug Utilization and Research Group
  Pharmaceutics Appeals Board
  Drug Abuse Comprehensive Centre
  International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities
  Gene Banks for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
  Associate Expert on Drug Abuse Affairs
  Workshop on Drug Abuse Data Collection
  Drug Control and Crime Prevention Officer
  Workshop on Drug Abuse Prevention Education
  Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
  Technical Consultation on Drug Control Assistance
  Plan of Action on Drug Control and Crime Prevention
  Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Dependence and Alcohol Problems
  Joint Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care
  International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
  Secretariat of the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Approximate Results for 药
 yī yào medical care and medicines / medicine (drug) / medical / pharmaceutical
 Zhōng yào traditional Chinese medicine / CL:服[fu4],種|种[zhong3]
 zhì yào to manufacture medicine
 yòng yào drug use
 nóng yào agricultural chemical / farm chemical / pesticide
 dú yào poison
 fú yào to take medicine
 chī yào to take medicine
 jiě yào antidote
 dàn yào ammunition
 zhà yào explosive (material)
 mí yào knockout drops / incapacitating agent / Mickey Finn
西 xī yào Western medicine
 cǎo yào herbal medicine
 shòu yào veterinary medicines
 chūn yào aphrodisiac
 shān yao Dioscorea polystachya / yam
 huǒ yào gunpowder
 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
 jiǎ yào fake drugs
 líng yào legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
 gāo yao herbal plaster applied to a wound
 má yào anesthetic
 sháo yào Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) / common herbaceous peony / peony used in TCM
 rù yào to use in medicine
 xià yào to prescribe medicine / to poison / to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc)
 bǔ yào tonic
 jìn yào drugs ban (e.g. for athletes)
 chéng yào patent medicine / medicine already made up
 tāng yào tisane / decoction (Chinese medicine)
 pèi yào to dispense (drugs) / to prescribe
 xiè yào laxative
 mò yào myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
 zhuā yào to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)
 shǔ yào rat poison
 yǎn yào eye drops / eye ointment
 mēng yào anesthetic / knockout drops
 huā yào anther (pollen sack on stamen)
 áo yào to decoct medicinal herbs
  dispensing
 hāi yào (slang) to take drugs / recreational drug
 jiǔ yào brewer's yeast / yeast for fermenting rice wine
 jǐ yào to administer medicine
 kāi yào to prescribe medicine
 kàng yào drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
 kè yào to take (illegal) drugs
 lìng yào seasonal medication
 méng yào anesthetic / narcotic / knockout drops
 měng yào traditional Mongolian medicine (or drug)
 mò yào myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) / also written 沒藥|没药[mo4 yao4]
 shèng yào panacea
 shēng yào unprocessed medicinal herb
 sī yào pharmacist
 xiān yào legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
 zhuāng yào agent fill
 zuò yào suppository
 zuǒ yào adjuvant drug
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C-4炸  C-4 explosive / C-4
 bì yùn yào oral contraceptive
 ān mián yào sleeping pill / CL:粒[li4]
 zhōng cǎo yào Chinese herbal medicine
 zhōng chéng yào prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
 zhì yào chǎng pharmaceutical company / drugs manufacturing factory
 má zuì yào anesthetic / narcotic
  prescription drug
 gǎn mào yào medicine for colds
 zhǐ tòng yào painkiller / analgesic / anodyne
 yǎn yào shuǐ eye drops / eye lotion
 xiāo yán yào anti-inflammatory medicine
 yī yào xué medical science
 mí huàn yào hallucinogen / psychedelic drug
 kàng yào xìng drug resistance (medicine)
 nài yào xìng drug resistance / drug tolerance (medicine)
 chī cuò yào (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
 zhèn tòng yào analgesic
 kàng jūn yào antibacterial
 zhì yào yè pharmaceutical industry
 dàn yào kù ammunition dump
 jiě dú yào antidote
退 tuì shāo yào antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
 huǒ yào tǒng powder keg
 zhèn jìng yào sedative
 cuī mián yào soporific drug
 hēi huǒ yào black powder
 jiàng zhī yào hypolipidemic
  abortifacient
 miè shǔ yào rat poison
 shā chóng yào insecticide
 shān yao dàn (dialect) potato / rube / yokel
  explosive vest / suicide jacket / explosive belt
  nuclear ammunition
  submunition
  high explosive
  propellant powder
  ammunition booster / booster
  tranquilizer
 ā xiān yào gambier extract (from Uncaria gambir), used in TCM
 bù sǐ yào elixir of life
 chī qiāng yào (lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder / (fig.) to be ablaze with anger / ornery / snappy
 chǔ fāng yào prescription drug
 cù xiào yào agonist
 dān wèi yào medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance
 dàn yào tǒng cartridge
 diǎn huǒ yào primary explosive
 diē dǎ yào liniment
 duì kàng yào antagonist
仿 fǎng zhì yào generic drug / generic medicine
 fū tāng yào (coll.) to pay compensation for medical expenses
 gāo yao qí Japanese flag (derog.)
 gū ér yào orphan drug
 hóng yào shuǐ mercurochrome (antiseptic solution)
 huǒ yào wèi smell of gunpowder / (fig.) combative tone / belligerence
 jié kàng yào antagonist
 jiě suān yào antacid
 jú má yào local anesthetic
 Lǐ Bǎi yào Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书
 mián yào qiān medical swab
 mí hún yào magic potion / (fig.) bewitching words or actions / knockout drug / ecstasy / MDMA
 pèi yào shī dispenser
 qǐ bào yào initiator
 qū tán yào medicine to dispel phlegm (TCM)
 shā dù yào mothicide
 shàng yǎn yào to apply eye drops / (fig.) to speak ill of sb / to bad-mouth
 shā shǔ yào rat poison
 shì yào zú people who participate in clinical trials
 tè xiào yào effective medicine for a specific condition / highly effective medicine
 tiáo yào dāo spatula
 wú nóng yào without agricultural chemicals / pesticide-free
 xiǎn xiào yào agonist
 xīng fèn yào analeptic drug
 xué míng yào generic drug / generic medicine
 yī yào bāo travel kit
 zhèn dìng yào sedative drug
 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
 má zuì yào pǐn narcotic
 wú kě jiù yào lit. no antidote is possible (idiom) / incurable / incorrigible / beyond redemption
 zhì yào qǐ yè pharmaceutical company
 fēi chǔ fāng yào over-the-counter drug
 líng dān miào yào effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom) / fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir
 bù kě jiù yào incurable / incorrigible / beyond cure / hopeless
  contraceptive
 kàng yì yù yào antidepressant
 duì zhèng fā 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
 gǒu pí gāo yao dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc / quack medicine / sham goods
 huáng sè zhà yào trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3
 liáng yào kǔ kǒu good medicine tastes bitter (idiom) / fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
  explosive vest / suicide jacket / explosive belt
  fuel-air explosive
  net explosive content
  polymer bonded explosive / plastic explosive
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