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仙药
仙藥
xiānyào
1. legendary magic potion of immortals
2. panacea
3. fig. wonder solution to a problem

Character Breakdown

仙
xiān
god; fairy; immortal, transcendent
HSK 6 5 丶
药
yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
HSK 2 9 丶

Compound Words (1)

阿仙药
āxiānyào
gambier extract (from Uncaria gambir), used in TCM

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Chinese