农药
nóng yào
Pinyin

Definition

农药
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nóng yào
  1. agricultural chemical
  2. farm chemical
  3. pesticide

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中药
Zhōng yào
  1. 1 (traditional) Chinese medicine
  2. 2 CL:服[fù],種|种[zhǒng]
吃药
chī yào
  1. 1 to take medicine
山药
shān yao
  1. 1 Dioscorea polystachya
  2. 2 yam
药
yào
  1. 1 medicine
  2. 2 drug
  3. 3 substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  4. 4 CL:種|种[zhǒng],服[fù],味[wèi]
  5. 5 to poison
药店
yào diàn
  1. 1 pharmacy
药物
yào wù
  1. 1 medicaments
  2. 2 pharmaceuticals
  3. 3 medication
  4. 4 medicine
  5. 5 drug
农场
nóng chǎng
  1. 1 farm
农历
nóng lì
  1. 1 the traditional Chinese calendar
  2. 2 the lunar calendar
农村
nóng cūn
  1. 1 rural area
  2. 2 village
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
农业
nóng yè
  1. 1 agriculture
  2. 2 farming
农民
nóng mín
  1. 1 peasant
  2. 2 farmer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
农民工
nóng mín gōng
  1. 1 migrant workers
中草药
zhōng cǎo yào
  1. 1 Chinese herbal medicine
入药
rù yào
  1. 1 to use in medicine
制药
zhì yào
  1. 1 to manufacture medicine
加农炮
jiā nóng pào
  1. 1 cannon (loanword)
卡农
kǎ nóng
  1. 1 canon (music) (loanword)
吃错药
chī cuò yào
  1. 1 (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine
  2. 2 (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual
  3. 3 abnormal
安眠药
ān mián yào
  1. 1 sleeping pill
  2. 2 CL:粒[lì]
对症下药
duì zhèng xià yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps

Idioms (9)

对症下药
duì zhèng xià yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps
对症发药
duì zhèng fā yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps
换汤不换药
huàn tāng bù huàn yào
  1. 1 different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only
  2. 2 a change in form but not in substance
弃农经商
qì nóng jīng shāng
  1. 1 to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)
无可救药
wú kě jiù yào
  1. 1 lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable
  2. 2 incorrigible
  3. 3 beyond redemption
良药苦口
liáng yào kǔ kǒu
  1. 1 good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
药到病除
yào dào bìng chú
  1. 1 lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results
  3. 3 (of a solution or method) highly effective
药食同源
yào shí tóng yuán
  1. 1 lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine
灵丹妙药
líng dān miào yào
  1. 1 effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
  2. 2 panacea
  3. 3 elixir

Sample Sentences

首先，有机蔬果不使用农药，少了化学残留，可以让人吃得放心，更可以减少土地的污染。
shǒuxiān ，yǒujī shūguǒ bù shǐyòng nóngyào ，shǎo le huàxué cánliú ，kěyǐ ràngrén chī de fàngxīn ，gèng kěyǐ jiǎnshǎo tǔdì de wūrǎn 。
First of all, organic vegetables don't make use of pesticides, so don't have chemical residues. So you can feel confident eating it, and you can reduce soil pollution.
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这个我懂，我想我从小到大应该已经吃了不少农药了，但也没啥感觉就是了。
zhè ge wǒ dǒng ，wǒ xiǎng wǒ cóngxiǎodàodà yīnggāi yǐjīng chī le bùshǎo nóngyào le ，dàn yě méi shá gǎnjué jiùshì le 。
This I understand. I think that I've already eaten a lot of pesticides growing up, but I just don't really feel much about it.
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中国将在2020年建成8亿亩高标准农田，更加高产，并可减少用水、化肥和农药。
Zhōngguó jiāng zài nián jiànchéng yì mǔ gāobiāozhǔn nóngtián ，gèngjiā gāochǎn ，bìng kě jiǎnshǎo yòngshuǐ 、huàféi hé nóngyào 。
China will build 800 million acres of high-standard farmland in 2020, which will be more productive and reduce water, fertilizer and pesticides.
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这可是有机的，没有农药和化肥。
zhè kě shì yǒujī de ，méiyǒu nóngyào hé huàféi 。
But these are organic, they’re pesticide and fertilizer free.
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就是不用农药，不用化肥，没有污染的蔬菜。
jiùshì bùyòng nóngyào ，bùyòng huàféi ，méiyǒu wūrǎn de shūcài 。
They're vegetables that are grown without pesticides and chemical fertilizers; they aren't polluted.
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这种食品没有农药，很健康。
zhèzhǒng shípǐn méiyǒu nóngyào ，hěn jiànkāng 。
This kind of food has no pesticides. It's very healthy.
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