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Meaning
Classifier for doses of medicine (especially traditional Chinese medicine preparations).
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中文 Chinese
"剂"是医药领域的专用量词。"一剂药"、"一剂良方"——听起来就很专业。"剂"在古代指的是调配好的药物（"药剂"），所以"一剂"就是"一个调配好的完整疗程用量"。中医开药时会说"三剂，水煎服"（三份，用水煎服）。西医里虽然不说"一剂抗生素"（通常说"一个疗程"），但在中药语境中"剂"依然是标准量词。这个词在日常生活中不太常用，但在医疗相关的阅读材料中会出现。
English
**剂 (jì)** is medicine's dedicated classifier. "A dose of medicine," "a good prescription" — sounds professional. Anciently, 剂 meant prepared medicine (药剂), so "一剂" = "one complete prepared dosage." TCM prescriptions: "three doses, water-boiled." Western medicine doesn't use it much (says "treatment course" instead), but in TCM contexts 剂 remains standard. Uncommon daily but appears in medical reading materials.
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Medical context only. A prepared dose of medicine, especially in TCM (traditional Chinese medicine).
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Classifier for doses of medicine (especially traditional Chinese medicine preparations).