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Here, we discovered <jats:bold>4w<\/jats:bold> targeted on the ZIKV NS5 RNA -dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), which exhibited good <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> antiviral activity without cell species specificity, both at the protein level and at the RNA level can significantly inhibit ZIKV replication. Preliminary molecular docking studies showed that <jats:bold>4w<\/jats:bold> preferentially binds to the palm region of NS5A RdRp through hydrogen bonding with residues such as LYS468, PHE466, GLU465, and GLY467. ZIKV NS5 RdRp enzyme activity experiment showed that <jats:bold>4w<\/jats:bold> could directly inhibit ZIKV RdRp activity with EC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> = 11.38 \u00b1 0.51\u00a0\u03bcM. In antiviral activity studies, <jats:bold>4w<\/jats:bold> was found to inhibit ZIKV RNA replication with EC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> = 6.87 \u00b1 1.21\u00a0\u03bcM. ZIKV-induced plaque formation was inhibited with EC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> = 7.65 \u00b1 0.31\u00a0\u03bcM. 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