仙丹妙药 [
xiān dān miào yào]
elixir vitae
elixir (of life)
miracle drug
- 本药虽非仙丹妙药,但您试用以后,定能得到意想不到的效果。
Though it is not an elixir, this drug will give you an unexpected effect after you try it. - 火药的设计最初并非为了战争使用,而是作为仙丹妙药以求长生不老。
Gun powder wasn't designed first for war uses, but as elixir for immortality. - 生活型态疾病的预防、疗、解,一向没什麽仙丹妙药可用,胰岛素的发现只能算例外,而且这种例外十分罕见。
With few exceptions, such as the discovery of insulin, " magic bullets" have played a minor role in the prevention, cure and palliation of lifestyle diseases.