迷药

迷藥
míyào
noun

Measure Word

迷药 zhǒng

Meanings

  1. 1 knockout drug
  2. 2 incapacitating drug
  3. 3 Mickey Finn
  4. 4 date-rape drug

Examples

Jǐngfāng cháhuò le yī pī míyào.
The police seized a batch of knockout drugs.
Chūmén zàiwài yào jǐngtì mòshēngrén xià míyào.
When you're out, be wary of strangers slipping you a drug.

Tips

usage
Often appears in news reports and public-safety warnings about robberies, sexual assault, and trafficking. The verb is (xià) 'to put down/in,' as in 迷药 'to slip a drug into someone's drink.' The meaning of here is 'to make confused / lose consciousness,' not 'lost / fan' as in 迷路.

Stroke Order

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