See How Fast You Can Learn Chinese

Try our interactive spaced repetition demo—study your first words in 60 seconds

Interactive demo Takes 60 seconds No sign-up needed

药食同源

yào shí tóng yuán

Sign in to save this word to your study lists.

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine