是药三分毒
shì​yào​sān​fēn​dú

every medicine has its side effect

  • created sense approved 是药三分毒/是藥三分毒 · shì​yào​sān​fēn​dú · every medicine has its side effect — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    是药三分毒 / 是藥三分毒

    shì​yào​sān​fēn​dú

    every medicine has its side effect

    Literally "every medicine is thirty percent poison"; used to warn that all medications have potential side effects or toxicity, and should be taken with caution.

    是 (literal) → 是 · shì · every 药 (literal) → 药/藥 · yào · medicine 三分 (literal) → 三分 · sān​fēn · thirty percent 毒 (literal) → 毒 · dú · poison

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense