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药材

yào cái

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 藥材

药材 (yào cái) means "medicinal ingredient". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 药材 means

1. medicinal ingredient

The characters in 药材

• 药yàoleaf of the iris; variant of 药
• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability

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