Definition
配药 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to fill or collect a prescription'. The verb 配 can separate from the noun 药 when you insert measure words, durations, or frequency: 配了一次药 ('filled a prescription once'). The word covers two related roles: for the pharmacist, it means to prepare/dispense medicine according to a prescription; for the patient, it means to go to the pharmacy and buy the prescribed medicine.
v.o.
(pharmacist) to fill a prescriptionto dispense medicine(patient) to buy prescribed medicineto collect a prescription
Examples
- 配药。Wǒ qù yàodiàn pèi yào.I'm going to the pharmacy to get my prescription filled.
- ，。Yīshēng kāi le yàofāng, wǒ zuótiān qù pèi le yí cì yào.The doctor wrote a prescription; I went to get it filled once yesterday.
- 配药。Yàojìshī zhèngzài guìtái hòumiàn pèi yào.The pharmacist is making up a prescription behind the counter.
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