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良药苦口
liáng​yào​kǔ​kǒu

good medicine tastes bitter

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 良药 良藥 liáng​yào noun
    good medicine
    medicine that is effective in curing disease
  2. 苦口 kǔ​kǒu
    bitter to the taste
    To make the mouth taste bitter; often used metaphorically to describe helpful advice that is difficult to hear