單味藥

简 单味药 · 繁 單味藥
Mandarin · pinyin dān wèi yào

Meanings

  1. medicine made from a single herb
  2. drug made from a single substance
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單
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味
wèi · taste, smell, odor; delicacy
藥
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单
dān · single, individual, only; lone
药
yào · leaf of Dahurian angelica plant; medicine
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1–4–4 · dan1 wei4 yao4

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daan1 mei6 joek6

Cantonese word readings for 單味藥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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daan1 mei6 joek6

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