灵丹妙药 — Chinese idiom
灵丹妙药
líng dān miào yào
Traditional: 靈丹妙藥
Meaning
- effective cure, miracle medicine ; fig. wonder-cure for all problems
- panacea
- elixir
Character by character
- 灵língspirit, soul; spiritual world
- 丹dāncinnabar, red, vermilion; pellet, powder
- 妙miàomysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful
- 药yàodrugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica
Idioms sharing a character
- 人杰地灵 rén jié dì líng
- 冥顽不灵 míng wán bù líng
- 古灵精怪 gǔ líng jīng guài
- 活灵活现 huó líng huó xiàn
- 生灵涂炭 shēng líng tú tàn
- 荼毒生灵 tú dú shēng líng
- 药石无灵 yào shí wú líng
- 钟灵毓秀 zhōng líng yù xiù
- 灵机一动 líng jī yī dòng
- 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn
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