viên bao đường
Definition
- Noun:
- Sugar-coated pill: A solid medicinal preparation in which the active ingredient is coated with a layer of sugar. This coating is primarily used to mask an unpleasant taste and make the pill easier to swallow.
- Dragée: The technical or pharmaceutical term for a sugar-coated pill or a small, sugar-coated confection.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Trẻ con thường thích uống viên bao đường hơn là thuốc viên thông thường. (Children usually prefer taking sugar-coated pills to ordinary tablets.)
- Thuốc này có vị đắng nên được bào chế dưới dạng viên bao đường. (This medicine is bitter, so it is formulated as a dragée.)
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used metaphorically to describe something unpleasant that is deliberately made to seem attractive or palatable, similar to the English idiom "a bitter pill to swallow."
Variants and Related Words
- Viên bọc đường: A less common, synonymous term for "viên bao đường," also meaning a sugar-coated pill or dragée.
- Thuốc viên bao đường: A more explicit phrase meaning "sugar-coated pill medicine."
Synonyms
- Dragée: A small, sugar-coated pill or candy.
- Sugar-coated tablet: A pill with a sugary outer layer.
- Coated pill: A general term for a pill with any type of outer coating.
Notes
- This is a compound noun. The core word is "viên" (pill), modified by "bao đường" (sugar-coated). It is primarily used in a pharmaceutical or medical context.