是药三分毒

• 日(sun; light)RADICAL
• 疋(foot; walk straight)PHONETIC

Under the clear light of the sun, everything appears as it truly is — that is what 'correct, right' means.

• 艹(grass; plant)RADICAL
• 约(promise; bind)PHONETIC

Medicine is made from grass and plants, sounding like "wish" or "promise".

• 一(one; horizontal stroke)ASSOCIATIVE
• 二(two (pictograph – two horizontal strokes))ASSOCIATIVE

Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.

• 八(divide; separate; eight)ASSOCIATIVE
• 刀(knife; blade; sword)RADICAL

Using a knife to chop something in half represents division or separation.

• 母(mother; origin)RADICAL
• 龶(toxic grass; harmful plant)ASSOCIATIVE

A toxic plant grows from the earth like a mother nurturing life, but carries deadly poison.