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medicine

HSK 2 (2.0)HSK 2 (3.0)3 meanings#1417Measure word 味 / 服 / 种
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    medicine

    可以治疗疾病的物质kěyǐ zhìliáo jíbìng de wùzhì

    • This medicine is very effective.

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    • Why are you taking so much medicine?

    • Taking too much medicine isn't necessarily good for your health.

  2. noun

    substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)

    用来治疗疾病或防止疾病的物质yònglái zhìliáo jíbìng huò fángzhǐ jíbìng de wùzhì

    • This type of medicine is very dangerous.

  3. verb

    to poison

    用有毒的物质害死或伤害某人yòng yǒudú de wùzhì hàisǐ huò shānghài mǒurén

    • He wanted to poison that person to death.

COLLOCATIONS3 collocations
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解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

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

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