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处方 (chǔ fāng) — (noun) medical prescription; (verb) to prescribe (a medicine, remedy, etc.); (noun, figurative) recommendation, advice

Definition

处方 is literally a medical prescription (the doctor's written order for medicine); figuratively, a 'recipe' for fixing a problem — more technical and clinical than 建议 ('suggestion') or 推荐 ('recommendation').

noun
medical prescription
verb
to prescribe (a medicine, remedy, etc.)(noun, figurative) recommendationadvice
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 处方。
    Zhè shì yī shēng gěi wǒ kāi de chǔ fāng.
    This is the prescription the doctor gave me.
  • 处方。
    Yī shēng zhèng zài wèi bìng rén chǔ fāng.
    The doctor is prescribing for the patient.
  • 处方。
    Zhè shì jiě jué zhè ge wèn tí de chǔ fāng.
    This is the prescription for solving this problem.
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Medicine & Treatment

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