医嘱 (yīzhǔ): doctor's orders

Meanings

Huànzhě yīng zūn yīzhǔ ànshí fúyào.

Patients should follow the doctor's orders and take medicine on time.

Chūyuàn shí, hùshi xiángxì shuōmíng le yīzhǔ.

When leaving the hospital, the nurse explained the doctor's instructions in detail.

Tā méiyǒu zūnshǒu yīzhǔ, bìngqíng fǎnfù le.

He didn't follow the doctor's orders, and his condition relapsed.

usage

The standard phrase is 遵医嘱 (zūn yīzhǔ) meaning 'to follow the doctor's orders'. You'll see this on medicine packaging and discharge paperwork.

医 yī

嘱 zhǔ