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药食同源

yào shí tóng yuán

Định nghĩa

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

Từ cấu thành 药食同源

• 同 同 tóng: like
• 药 药 yào: medicine
• 同 同 tòng: see 衚衕|胡同[hú tòng]
• 同源 同源 tóng yuán: homology (biology)
• 源 源 yuán: root
• 食 食 shí: to eat
• 食 食 sì: to feed (a person or animal)