| 生药 |
shēng yào |
unprocessed medicinal herb |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 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 |