sugar coating; coating
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
sugar coating (on pills); coating
Specifically refers to the sweet outer layer of bitter medicine to make it easier to swallow. Often used figuratively in the idiom '糖衣炮弹' (sugar-coated bullet).
Zhè这
zhǒng种
yào药
wán丸
wài外
miàn面
bāo包
zhe着
yī一
céng层
táng糖
yī衣
。
This pill is coated with a layer of sugar coating.
Táng糖
yī衣
ràng让
kǔ苦
yào药
biàn变
de得
róng容
yì易
tūn吞
yàn咽
。
The sugar coating makes the bitter medicine easy to swallow.
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Wǒ我
men们
yào要
jǐng警
tì惕
táng糖
yī衣
pào炮
dàn弹
de的
gōng攻
jī击
。
We must be vigilant against attacks by sugar-coated bullets.