"Ointment" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yào gāo ointment
 ruǎn gāo ointment / paste
 gāo ointment / paste / CL:帖[tie3]
 měi zhōng bù zú everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom) / the fly in the ointment
 yǎn yào eye drops / eye ointment
 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough
 qīng liáng yóu soothing ointment / balm
 fū tiē to smear / to apply glue or ointment to a surface
 měi yī gè rén dōu yǒu měi zhōng bù zú de dì fang However excellent, everyone has his defects. / There is always a fly in the ointment. / cf idiom 美中不足[mei3 zhong1 bu4 zu2], everything is fine except for one small defect
  antibiotic ointment
 bā bǎo yǎn yào eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)
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