lep Posted July 23, 2020 at 04:40 PM Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 at 04:40 PM Hello again, just dropping another pith painting, what's written? Thanks in advance for your help and time! Best wishes! (sorry about poor quality) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dlezcano Posted July 23, 2020 at 05:29 PM Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 at 05:29 PM 老鼠药？I am guessing the second character from the context since there are two dead mice hanging there. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted July 23, 2020 at 05:42 PM Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 at 05:42 PM Although 药 is the modern simplified form of 藥, Wenlin seems to indicate that 葯 was a long-standing variant. "药 really originated in 葯 yào 'Dahurian angelica', the name of a particular herb. 葯 yào was borrowed to be a variant of 藥 yào, the pronunciations being the same." Note the picture uses 葯. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
大块头 Posted July 24, 2020 at 02:22 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 at 02:22 AM I was just looking at the definition of 药 this morning. Besides the primary meaning of "medicine" it can also mean "to poison". For example: 药老鼠 to poison rats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted July 24, 2020 at 06:58 PM Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 at 06:58 PM 16 hours ago, 大块头 said: Besides the primary meaning of "medicine" it can also mean "to poison". In this instance it'd be "poison" (noun). Though it's interesting that a lot of dictionaries don't mention that meaning or seem to treat it as an extension of "medicine". 规范词典： 1、（名）能防治病毒、病虫害或改善机体机能的物质 ... 3、（动）用药毒死，如“药耗子” Seems like there's a missing step there, unless mice are somehow a subset of 病虫... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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