配药 (pèi yào) — (pharmacist) to fill a prescription, to dispense medicine; (patient) to buy prescribed medicine, to collect a prescription
Definition
Refers to the act of filling a prescription: usually what the pharmacist does behind the counter (making up the medicine), but also used when the patient goes to pick it up.
verb
(pharmacist) to fill a prescriptionto dispense medicine(patient) to buy prescribed medicineto collect a prescription
Examples
- 配药。Wǒ qù yào diàn pèi yào.I'm going to the pharmacy to get my prescription filled.
- ，。Yī shēng kāi le yào fāng, wǒ zuó tiān qù pèi le yí cì yào.The doctor wrote a prescription; I went to get it filled once yesterday.
- 配药。Yào jì shī zhèng zài guì tái hòu miàn pèi yào.The pharmacist is making up a prescription behind the counter.
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