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鸦片

yā piàn

2-character word Traditional 鴉片

What 鸦片 means

1. loanwordopium

The characters in 鸦片

• 鸦yācrow
• 片piànthin piece; flake; a slice

Example sentences

• 宗教是人民的鸦片。
  Zōngjiào shì rénmín de yāpiàn.
  Religion is the opium of the people.

Words starting with 鸦片

• 鸦片战争Yā piàn Zhàn zhēngthe Opium War (1839–1842); the Opium Wars (1839–1842 and 1856–1860)
• 鸦片枪yā piàn qiāngopium pipe

Words containing 鸦片

• 第二次鸦片战争Dì èr Cì Yā piàn Zhàn zhēngthe Second Opium War (1856–1860)

Sounds the same

Read yā piàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 雅片variant of 鸦片