méngyào

蒙药

Word · NounTraditional蒙藥

anesthetic; knockout drug; narcotic

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

anesthetic; narcotic; knockout drug

informal

Colloquial or slang term for anesthetic drugs, often with connotations of illicit use or traditional knockout potions in martial arts fiction.

Zhè这
bēi杯
chá茶
lǐ里
kě可
néng能
bèi被
rén人
xià下
le了
méng蒙
yào药
 。

Someone might have slipped a knockout drug into this cup of tea.

Gǔ古
shí时
hou候
jiāng江
hú湖
shàng上
cháng常
yòng用
de的
méng蒙
yào药
zhǔ主
yào要
chéng成
fèn分
shì是
màn曼
tuó陀
luó罗
huā花
 。

In ancient times, the main ingredient of commonly used knockout drugs in the martial arts world was datura flowers.