鼠药

鼠藥
shǔyào
noun #30,796

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 rat poison
  2. 2 rodenticide

Examples

Tā zài dìxiàshì fàng le yìxiē shǔyào.
He put some rat poison in the basement.
Shǔyào yídìng yào fàngzài háizi gòu bùdào de dìfāng.
Rat poison must be kept where children can't reach it.

Tips

memory
Pure compound: 'rat/mouse' + 'medicine/drug' → 'rat-medicine' = poison. The same in 农药 (nóngyào, pesticide) and 杀虫药 (insecticide) — when follows the target, it usually means a substance to kill it.

Stroke Order

shǔ
yào