毒药 (dúyào): poison

Measure Word

一瓶毒药 píng

这瓶毒药非常危险。

Zhè píng dúyào fēicháng wēixiǎn.

This bottle of poison is very dangerous.

他在酒里放了毒药。

Tā zài jiǔ lǐ fàng le dúyào.

He put poison in the wine.

memory

毒 (poison) + 药 (medicine/drug) = poison. Medicine that kills instead of healing.

毒 dú

药 yào