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迷幻药 (mí huàn yào) — hallucinogenic drug, hallucinogen

Definition

noun
hallucinogenic drughallucinogen
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 迷幻药。
    Làn yòng mí huàn yào huì duì dà nǎo zào chéng yǒng jiǔ shāng hài.
    Abusing hallucinogenic drugs can cause permanent damage to the brain.
  • 迷幻药。
    Jǐng fāng jiǎo huò le dà liàng mí huàn yào.
    The police seized a large amount of hallucinogenic drugs.
  • 迷幻药。
    Tā yīn fàn mài mí huàn yào bèi pàn xíng shí nián.
    He was sentenced to ten years in prison for trafficking hallucinogenic drugs.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

迷幻confusing and illusory
迷míconfusing幻huànillusory
联合Coordinate
药yàodrug

迷 and 幻, confusing and illusory, describe 药, the drug, as hallucinogenic.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
米
米mǐ迷mí
Same sound today

迷 uses 辵, the walking part, and 米, which gives the sound.

Open 迷 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 幻 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 藥; 药 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
樂
樂lè藥yào
Same sound today

In the traditional form 藥, 艹 shows grass and 樂 gives the sound; this story is about 藥, not about the simplified 药.

Open 药 →
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