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Definition
A Chinese medicine prescription, detailing the combination and dosage of herbs to treat an illness.
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How it's used
Specifically refers to the written list of ingredients and dosages provided by a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. While it can be used metaphorically in other languages to mean a solution to a problem, in Cantonese it remains firmly rooted in the context of herbal medicine. It is almost always paired with the verb 執 to describe the process of gathering the specific herbs from a pharmacy.
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The doctor wrote a prescription for me and told me to go home and brew the medicine.
Do you know where I can get the herbs listed on this prescription?
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with the general term for western medicine prescriptions, which is usually referred to as 藥單 or just 處方.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
