药材 yàocái medicinal ingredient
怎么记住“药材”: 药 medicine + 材 timber = medicinal ingredient.
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用法
- Medicinal ingredients / crude drugs - 名贵药材 (míngguì yàocái) precious medicinal materials.
- The raw ingredients (herbs, roots, minerals) used to make medicine, especially in TCM.
- Register: pharmacy, TCM, trade.