prescribe medicine; poison
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
2 senses · 4 examplesverb
to prescribe medicine; to administer medication
Used when a doctor prescribes or gives medicine to a patient based on symptoms.
Yī医
shēng生
duì对
zhèng症
xià下
yào药
，
bìng病
rén人
de的
bìng病
hěn很
kuài快
jiù就
hǎo好
le了
。
The doctor prescribed the right medicine for the symptoms, and the patient recovered quickly.
Hù护
shì士
zhèng正
zài在
gěi给
bìng病
rén人
xià下
yào药
。
The nurse is administering medication to the patient.
verb
to poison; to put poison in food or drink
Implies malicious intent to harm someone by adding poison to their food or drink.
Yǒu有
rén人
zài在
guó国
wáng王
de的
jiǔ酒
lǐ里
xià下
le了
yào药
。
Someone put poison in the king's wine.
Tā他
huái怀
yí疑
qī妻
zǐ子
zài在
wǎn晚
fàn饭
zhōng中
gěi给
tā他
xià下
yào药
。
He suspected that his wife was poisoning his dinner.