滴眼药 (dī yǎn yào) — to put eye drops; to administer eye medicine

Definition

A separable verb meaning to put in eye drops — the object 眼药 can move between 滴 and 药, or be replaced by 次 for frequency. Used specifically for applying eye medicine, not a general verb for drops.

verb

to put eye dropsto administer eye medicine

Examples

滴眼药。
Qǐng měi tiān dī yǎn yào yí cì yǎn yào.
Please apply eye drops once every day.
滴眼药。
Yī shēng ràng wǒ dī yǎn yào sān cì yǎn yào.
The doctor told me to apply eye drops three times.
滴眼药？
Nǐ dī yǎn yào le ma?
Did you put in your eye drops?

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