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藥到病除

简药到病除 · 繁藥到病除

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjoek6 dou3 beng6 ceoi4

relief of the illness after taking medicine

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

joek66 · low levelchecked · -kdou33 · mid levelbeng66 · low levelceoi44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

joekjoek1—joek2—约joek3to make an appointmentjoek4—joek5—药joek6medicine

dou都dou1all 倒dou2to pour 到dou3todou4—dou5—道dou6direction

bengbeng1—饼beng2round flat cake 柄beng3handle or shaftbeng4—beng5—病beng6abnormal

ceoi吹ceoi1to blow 取ceoi2to take 趣ceoi3interesting 除ceoi4to get rid ofceoi5—ceoi6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

藥到病除药

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

藥到病除 yào dào bìng chú CC-CEDICT · Mandarinlit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom); fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results; (of a solution or method) highly effective

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: yao4 dao4 bing4 chu2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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