药 (yào): medicine, drug

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HSK 2noun

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leaf of the iris
medicine
drug
substance used for a specific purpose
to poison
medicine
drug
substance used to treat illness
certain chemicals or substances used for a specific purpose (e.g., 火药 gunpowder)
to poison
to kill with poison
variant of 藥|药[yao4]

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This kind of medicine is very bitter.

I have to take medicine every day.

Chinese medicine can cure diseases.

The doctor prescribed some medicine for me.

I have a cold; I need to take some medicine.

This medicine is taken three times a day.

Traditional Chinese medicine has a history of several thousand years in China.

He put the medicine on the table.

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