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药石之言
yào​shí​zhī​yán

salutary advice

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 药石 藥石 yào​shí
    admonition
    sincere advice or warnings given to help someone correct their faults, meaning "bitter medicine" for the mind
  2. 之 zhī particle
    [possessive]
    Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes, similar to 的 de but used in formal or literary writing.
  3. 言 yán noun
    speech
    words; talk; what is said