鼠药

鼠藥
shǔyào
noun #30,796

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 rat poison
  2. 2 rodenticide

Examples

Tā zài dìxiàshì fàngle yìxiē shǔyào.
He put some rat poison in the basement.
Shǔyào yídìng yào fàng zài háizi gòu bù dào 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 (insecticide) — when follows the target, it usually means a substance to kill it.

Stroke Order

shǔ
yào