wàn
jīn
yóu

common
noun
colloquial

Meaning of 万金油

万金油 means cooling balm; mentholated ointment; old name for 清凉油; jack-of-all-trades; generalist; dabbler (often implying master of none). Pronounced wàn jīn yóu.

  • cooling balm; mentholated ointment; old name for 清凉油
  • jack-of-all-trades; generalist; dabbler (often implying master of none)

Definitions & Examples

nǎi
nai
cháng
bèi
píng
wàn
jīn
yóu
 
tóu
yūn
shí
jiù
zài
tài
yáng
xué
shàng
 

My grandmother always kept a bottle of cooling balm; when she felt dizzy, she would apply it to her temples.

Zhè
wàn
jīn
yóu
jīng
yǒu
èr
shí
nián
de
shǐ
le
 

This box of balm is already twenty years old.

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