粵

靈ling4丹daan1妙miu6藥joek6

simp灵丹妙药
ling4 daan1 miu6 joek6líng dān miào yào

English

  1. effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
  2. panacea, both literally and figuratively
  3. panacea
  4. elixir

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 靈擎到能醫百病嘅藥;亦引申指好嘅解決辦法

Examples

  • 民主制度唔一定係解決民生問題嘅靈丹妙藥。

    A democratic system is not necessarily a panacea for solving problems about people's livelihood.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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