泻药
xiè yào
Pinyin

Definition

泻药
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xiè yào
  1. laxative

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
腹泻
fù xiè
  1. 1 diarrhea
  2. 2 to have the runs
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
中草药
zhōng cǎo yào
  1. 1 Chinese herbal medicine
倾泻
qīng xiè
  1. 1 to pour down in torrents
入药
rù yào
  1. 1 to use in medicine
制药
zhì yào
  1. 1 to manufacture medicine
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
弹药
dàn yào
  1. 1 ammunition
感冒药
gǎn mào yào
  1. 1 medicine for colds
服药
fú yào
  1. 1 to take medicine
止痛药
zhǐ tòng yào
  1. 1 painkiller
  2. 2 analgesic
  3. 3 anodyne
毒药
dú yào
  1. 1 poison
消炎药
xiāo yán yào
  1. 1 anti-inflammatory medicine

Idioms (8)

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
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

当时老娘很生气，后果很严重，我就在咱们的鸳鸯火锅里放了“足量”的泻药，然后，男票，哦不，前男票就被送进医院急诊了。
dāngshí lǎoniáng hěn shēngqì ，hòuguǒ hěn yánzhòng ，wǒ jiù zài zánmen de yuānyang huǒguō lǐ fàng le “zú liáng ”de xièyào ，ránhòu ，nánpiào ，ò bù ，qián nánpiào jiù bèi sòng jìn yīyuàn jízhěn le 。
At the time I was very angry, and the fallout was really serious. I put quite a quantity of laxative in our couples' hotpot, then, my bae, oh no, my ex-bae, was sent to the emergency room.
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我等会儿去药店买点儿止泻药吧。
wǒ děng huǐr qù yàodiàn mǎi diǎnr zhǐxièyào ba 。
We'll go to the pharmacy in a bit and get some antidiarrheal medicine.
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