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砒霜 meaning in English

pīshuāng

white arsenic; arsenic trioxide As2O3

26 strokes

Meaning of 砒霜

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pīshuāng
  1. white arsenic
  2. arsenic trioxide As2O3

砒霜 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

甲jiǎ之zhī蜜mì糖táng，乙yǐ之zhī砒pī霜shuāng。
One man's meat is another man's poison.

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砒 pī · arsenic · 9 strokes

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霜 shuāng · frost · 17 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 砒霜.

雪上加霜xuěshàng-jiāshuāng(idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury
糖霜tángshuāngfrosting; icing
防晒霜fángshàishuāngsuntan lotion; sunscreen cream

Questions about 砒霜

What does 砒霜 mean?

砒霜 (pīshuāng) means "white arsenic; arsenic trioxide As2O3".

How do you write 砒霜?

砒霜 is made of 2 characters: 砒 (9 strokes), 霜 (17 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.