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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 药到病除
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 药到病除 | yào dào bìng chú | - lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom) - fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results - (of a solution or method) highly effective |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 59,768 | 75,635 | 61,591 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 药 | yào | - leaf of the iris - variant of 藥|药[yao4] |
| 药 | yào | - medicine - drug - substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) - CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] - to poison |
| 到 | dào | - to reach; to arrive - to leave for; to go to - to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) - (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) - considerate; thoughtful; thorough |
| 病 | bìng | - illness - CL:場|场[chang2] - disease - to fall ill - defect |
| 除 | chú | - to get rid of - to remove - to exclude - to eliminate - to wipe out - to divide - except - not including |
Other Words Containing 药到病除
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 药到病除 | - | - | 59,768 | 75,635 | 61,591 |