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毒药

dú yào

2-character word Traditional 毒藥

What 毒药 means

1. poison

The characters in 毒药

• 毒dúpoison; to poison; poisonous
• 药yàoleaf of the iris; variant of 药

Example sentences

• 他误服了毒药。
  He took poison by mistake.
• 这毒药用来治蟑螂很有效。
  Zhè dúyào yònglái zhì zhāngláng hěn yǒuxiào.
  This poison is very effective in getting rid of roaches.
• 矛尖浸在一种致命的毒药里。
  Máo jiān jìn zài yīzhǒng zhìmìng de dúyào lǐ.
  The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.

Words containing 毒药

• 解毒药jiě dú yàoantidote
• 抗病毒药kàng bìng dú yàoantivirals