毒药 (dú yào) — poison, toxicant

Definition

Examples

• 这种毒药无色无味，很难被察觉。
  Zhè zhǒng dú yào wú sè wú wèi, hěn nán bèi chá jué.
  This kind of poison is colorless and odorless, making it hard to detect.
• 他怀疑有人在她的饮料里下了毒药。
  Tā huái yí yǒu rén zài tā de yǐn liào lǐ xià le dú yào.
  He suspected that someone had put poison in her drink.
• 历史上许多统治者都曾用毒药来除掉政敌。
  Lì shǐ shàng xǔ duō tǒng zhì zhě dōu céng yòng dú yào lái chú diào zhèng dí.
  Many rulers in history have used poison to eliminate political enemies.