药食同源
yào​shí​tóng​yuán

food and medicine are from the same source

  • created sense approved 药食同源/藥食同源 · yào​shí​tóng​yuán · food and medicine are from the same source — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    药食同源 / 藥食同源

    yào​shí​tóng​yuán

    food and medicine are from the same source

    literally food and medicine share the same origin; an idiom or health philosophy suggesting that diet and medication are indistinguishable and that proper food choices can maintain health and prevent disease

    药 (literal) → 药/藥 · yào · medicine 食 (literal) → 食 · shí · food 同源 (literal) → 同源 · tóng​yuán · from the same source

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense