膏藥

膏

ga̅o

药

藥

yao

herbal plaster applied to a wound

Characters and words in 膏藥

膏

ga̅o = g + ao1

ointment / paste / CL:帖[tie3]

膏 = 月 + 高 : Guy Fawkes (g) built a skyscraper (高) in front of the aorta (ao1) which reaches up to the moon (月). Every month when the moon is full Guy Fawkes climbs the skyscraper to apply pain relieving paste (膏) to the moon's back to help him with his back pain.

膏

gào = g + ao4

to moisten / to grease / to apply (cream, ointment) / to dip a brush in ink

药

藥

yào = y + ao4

medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison

药 = 艹 + 约 : Maud Younger is on a date in the aorta, but she has to pass gas all the time. In the bathroom she desperately eats a sheet of artificial lawn, thinking that it should be the right medicine for her.