xià​yào

drug or poison

下药 (下藥) xià​yào
drug or poison verb
to secretly put drugs or poison into food or drink to harm or incapacitate someone

He secretly drugged the victim's water glass and knocked them out.

prescribe verb
to prescribe medicine or apply medical treatment for an illness

The doctor only prescribed medication after accurately identifying the condition.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.92 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
0.554 per million

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