草药 cǎoyào herbal medicine
How to remember 草药: 草 grass + 药 medicine = herbal medicine.
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How it is used
- Herbal medicine - medicinal plants - 采草药 (cǎi cǎoyào) to gather medicinal herbs, 中草药 (zhōngcǎoyào) Chinese herbal medicine.
- Refers to plant-based remedies, central to traditional Chinese medicine.
- Register: medicine, TCM.