汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 下藥
下藥 (下药)
to prescribe medicine / to poison / to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc)
下品药物。与上药﹑中药相对。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

下药很快见效了。

The medicine soon took effect.

下药之后,嫦娥就飞升到月亮。

After drinking it, she rose up to the moon.

更让人担心的是,它可能并不是对诊下药

More worrisome is that it may not be the right medicine.

一些年轻者耽溺于药物下药他们的生命的空虚。

Some of the young were addicted to drugs drugs the emptiness of their lives.

至于是谁暗中下药,现主要有5中猜测,包括慈禧的宦官亲信。

As to who administered the poison, there are five main suspects, including her favorite eunuch servant.

然而,他们一到华盛顿,这些人就下药,用铁链锁住,抢劫,然后把他卖给一个奴隶贩子。

Once they reached Washington, however, the men drugged, chained, robbed, and sold him to a slave trader.