药方 yàofāng prescription
How to remember 药方: 药 medicine + 方 direction = prescription.
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How it is used
- A prescription (the written formula) - 开药方 (kāi yàofāng) to write a prescription.
- The doctor's written remedy; figuratively a 'prescription/solution' for a problem.
- Contrast 处方 (chǔfāng), the more clinical/official term; 药方 is a bit more everyday and includes folk recipes.
Example sentences
- 我会给你开个药方。 Wǒhuì gěi nǐ kāigè yàofāng.I'll give you a prescription.