风油精

風油精
fēngyóujīng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 medicated oil (essential balm with menthol, eucalyptus, etc.)
  2. 2 Chinese-style cooling oil

Examples

Tā zài bāo lǐ fàng le yì píng fēngyóujīng.
She put a bottle of medicated oil in her bag.
Wénzi dīngyǎo kěyǐ tú diǎn fēngyóujīng.
You can apply some medicated oil to mosquito bites.

Tips

culture
A Chinese household staple — green bottle with a small brush-cap, used for mosquito bites, motion sickness, headaches, and even as a mild stimulant to stay awake. here means 'wind' in the TCM sense of pathogenic wind affecting the head.

Stroke Order

fēng
yóu
jīng