药石之言
yào​shí​zhī​yán

salutary advice

  • created reference approved 药石之言/藥石之言 → 良药苦口/良藥苦口 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    药石之言 / 藥石之言 yào​shí​zhī​yán

    良药苦口 / 良藥苦口 liáng​yào​kǔ​kǒu

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 药石之言/藥石之言 · yào​shí​zhī​yán · salutary advice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    药石之言 / 藥石之言

    yào​shí​zhī​yán

    salutary advice

    exhortations or advice that is unpalatable but helpful, like medicine or acupuncture; words intended to urge someone to correct their mistakes

    药石 (literal) → 药石/藥石 · yào​shí · admonition 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech

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

    created sense