At the pharmacy

Słownictwo

• 药店pharmacy / drugstore
• 止痛药painkiller
• 消炎药anti-inflammatory
• 剂量dosage
• 副作用side effect
• 过敏allergy / allergic
• 餐前before meals
• 餐后after meals
• 药片tablet / pill
• 建议to recommend / advice
• 禁忌contraindication / taboo
• 有效期expiry date

Zwroty

• 请问有没有治喉咙痛的药？Asking for sore throat medicine
• 这个药餐后吃还是餐前吃？Clarifying whether to take medicine before or after meals
• 我对青霉素过敏，请注意。Informing the pharmacist of a penicillin allergy
• 一天吃三次，每次一片。Standard dosage instruction
• 这个药会让人犯困吗？Asking if the medicine causes drowsiness
• 有效期是到下个月，可以买。Confirming the medicine is within expiry date

Typowe błędy

• ✗我要买一个感冒的药。
  ✓我要买感冒药。

  In Chinese, compound nouns drop 的 — 感冒药 (cold medicine) is one word, not 感冒的药.

• ✗这个药有什么副作用吗？
  ✓这个药有副作用吗？

  副作用 already implies a specific meaning — adding 什么 makes it awkward. Use the simpler form.

• ✗我头不舒服。
  ✓我头疼。

  头 alone does not express discomfort — 头疼 (headache) is the correct compound word for head pain.

• ✗药剂师说我一天要吃三次。
  ✓药剂师说我一天要吃三次药。

  The object 药 is needed — without it the sentence is incomplete: eat what three times a day?

• ✗我对这个药过敏的。
  ✓我对这个药过敏。

  No 的 is needed at the end of a simple factual statement — 过敏 alone closes the predicate.

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