芍藥

芍药
sháoyao
  1. (literary, figurative) affection between man and woman; romance
  2. Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
  3. affection between man and woman; romance

Wiktionary

Homographs

芍藥 sháoyào
  1. Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
  2. common herbaceous peony
  3. peony used in TCM

Entry Composition

=1 芍 què used in 芍陂 Quèbēi
=1 芍 sháo
  1. Chinese peony
  2. Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora
2 藥 yào
  1. medicine
  2. drug
  3. substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  4. to poison

classifiers: 種, 服, 味