药都 (yào dōu) — medicine capital; a city renowned for its pharmaceutical industry, especially traditional Chinese medicine
Definition
A fixed label for a city famous as a hub of the pharmaceutical industry, especially traditional Chinese medicine (e.g., 亳州). It is usually used as a title or nickname, not for casual reference.
noun
medicine capitala city renowned for its pharmaceutical industryespecially traditional Chinese medicine
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 亳药都。Bó zhōu bèi chēng wéi zhōng guó de yào dōu.Bozhou is known as China's medicine capital.
- 药都。Tā xiǎng qù yào dōu xué xí zhōng yī yào zhī shi.She wants to go to the medicine capital to study traditional Chinese medicine.
- 药都。yào dōu De zhōng yào shì chǎng fēi cháng fán róng.The herbal medicine market in the medicine capital is very prosperous.
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