毒品 dú pǐn drugs / narcotics / poison syn 毒气 毒氣 dú qì poison gas / toxic gas / manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism) syn 毒药 毒藥 dú yào poison syn 下毒 xià dú to put poison in sth / to poison syn 毒物 dú wù poisonous substance / poison syn 毒害 dú hài to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc / to poison (people's minds) / to corrupt / pernicious influence syn 慢性 màn xìng slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) syn 蜗牛 蝸牛 wō niú snail / Taiwan pr. [gua1 niu2] syn 毒剂 毒劑 dú jì a poison / a toxic agent / poison gas / a chemical weapon 施放 shī fàng to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc) syn 服毒 fú dú to take poison 鼠药 鼠藥 shǔ yào rat poison syn 海螺 hǎi luó sea snail / whelk / conch 毒气弹 毒氣彈 dú qì dàn poison gas shell / poison gas grenade 放毒 fàng dú to poison / (fig.) to spread vicious rumors syn 螺蛳 螺螄 luó sī river snail syn 流毒 liú dú to spread poison / pernicious influence syn 田螺 tián luó river snail 排毒 pái dú to expel poison (from the system) / to detox 下药 下藥 xià yào to prescribe medicine / to poison / to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc) syn 毒针 毒針 dú zhēn to inject poison 饮鸩止渴 飲鴆止渴 yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse syn 药 藥 yào medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison syn 毒 dú poison / to poison / poisonous / malicious / cruel / fierce / narcotics syn 蜗 蝸 wō snail / Taiwan pr. [gua1] / see 蝸牛|蜗牛[wo1 niu2] syn 蛊 蠱 gǔ arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite 螺 luó spiral shell / snail / conch syn 以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire 鸩 鴆 zhèn legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison / poisonous / to poison sb syn 蜂毒 fēng dú wasp poison 福寿螺 福壽螺 fú shòu luó giant Amazon snail (Ampullaria gigas spix) that has devastated rice paddies in China since its introduction in the 1980s 灭鼠药 滅鼠藥 miè shǔ yào rat poison 蛳 螄 sī snail 毒化 dú huà to poison (usu. figuratively) / to debase / to pervert / to harm syn 水牛儿 水牛兒 shuǐ niú r (dialect) snail syn 毒腺 dú xiàn poison gland 酖 zhèn poisonous / to poison 蜗行牛步 蝸行牛步 wō xíng niú bù lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom) / fig. to move at a snail's pace / to make slow progress syn 蚁斗蜗争 蟻鬥蝸爭 yǐ dòu wō zhēng lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom) / fig. petty squabbling 无毒不丈夫 無毒不丈夫 wú dú bù zhàng fu no poison, no great man (idiom) / A great man has to be ruthless. 玉螺 yù luó moon snail (sea snail of the Naticidae family) 屠毒 tú dú poison / to murder by poison 蚹 fù scales on the belly of a snake, aiding locomotion / snail / to crawl 罗汉病 羅漢病 luó hàn bìng snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis), disease caused by schistosome parasitic flatworm 蜗蜒 蝸蜒 wō yán snail 蜗行 蝸行 wō xíng to advance at a snail's pace 裂体吸虫 裂體吸蟲 liè tǐ xī chóng schistosome, parasitic flatworm causing snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis) 蜗牛邮件 蝸牛郵件 wō niú yóu jiàn snail mail 陆贝 陸貝 lù bèi land snail 慢累积 慢累積 màn lěi jī accumulates slowly / cumulative (e.g. poison) 全身中毒性毒剂 全身中毒性毒劑 quán shēn zhōng dú xìng dú jì systemic agent / systemic gas / systemic poison 蛙突 wā tū batrachotoxin (BTX), poison from frogs 殙 hūn to die by taking poison 积累毒性 積累毒性 jī lěi dú xìng cumulative poison 箭毒蛙 jiàn dú wā poison dart frog 有毒物质 有毒物質 yǒu dú wù zhì poison 毒渔 dú yú poison fishing 毒物控制中心 poison centre 杀鼠药 殺鼠藥 shā shǔ yào rat poison 萝卜白菜，各有所爱 蘿蔔白菜，各有所愛 luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom) / to each his own 黑函 hēi hán poison pen letter (Tw) 黑帖 hēi tiě poison pen letter syn 甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜 jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom) 荝 萴 cè plant genus Aconitum, aka monkshood or wolf's bane (used as poison and medicine) / Taiwan pr. [ze2] 投毒 tóu dú to poison 萝卜白菜，各有所爱 蘿蔔白菜，各有所愛 luó bo - bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài (saying) one man's meat is another man's poison / to each his own 