"Poison" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dú pǐn drugs / narcotics / poison
 yào medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison
 dú yào poison
 dú sù poison
 dú hài to poison (harm with a toxic substance) / to poison (people's minds) / poisoning
 xià dú to put poison in sth / to poison
 dú wù poisonous substance / poison / toxin / venom
 xià yào to prescribe medicine / to poison / to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc)
 fàng dú to poison / fig. to spread vicious rumors
 dú jì a poison / a toxic agent / poison gas / a chemical weapon
 dú poison / to poison / poisonous / malicious / cruel / fierce / narcotics
 gǔ arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite
 zhèn poisonous / to poison
 dú huà to poison / to infect
 tú dú poison / to murder by poison
 yǒu dú wù zhì poison
 tóu dú to poison
 pái dú to expel poison (from the system) / to detox
 fáng dú defense against poison / defense against poison gas / anti-narcotics measures / defense against computer viruses
 shī fàng to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc)
 dú qì poison gas / toxic gas / manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism)
 fú dú to take poison
 dú zhēn to inject poison
 yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
 shǔ yào rat poison
 dú qì dàn poison gas shell / poison gas grenade
 liú dú to spread poison / pernicious influence
 fēng dú wasp poison
 miè shǔ yào rat poison
 zhèn legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison / poisonous / to poison sb
 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire
 wú dú bù zhàng fu no poison, no great man (idiom) / A great man has to be ruthless.
 dú xiàn poison gland
 quán shēn zhōng dú xìng dú jì systemic agent / systemic gas / systemic poison
 wā tū batrachotoxin (BTX), poison from frogs
 hūn to die by taking poison
 shā luó jì snail poison
 jī lěi dú xìng cumulative poison
 jiàn dú wā poison dart frog
 dú yú poison fishing
  poison centre
 shā shǔ yào rat poison
 luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom) / to each his own
 hēi hán poison pen letter (Tw)
 hēi tiě poison pen letter / anonymous notice (usually to threaten or attack sb)
 jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
 cè plant genus Aconitum, aka monkshood or wolf's bane (used as poison and medicine) / Taiwan pr. [ze2]
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