药食同源 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 藥食同源 yàoshítóngyuán ㄧㄠˋ ㄕˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine Character by character 药(yào)leaf of the iris 食(shí)eat 同(tóng)like 源(yuán)root A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0