| 吃错药 | chī cuò yào | (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal | 
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) | 
| 吃 | chī | variant of 吃 | 
| 错 | Cuò | surname Cuo | 
| 错 | cuò | mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver | 
| 药 | yào | leaf of the iris / variant of 药 | 
| 药 | yào | medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:种,服,味 / to poison |