药石之言 yàoshízhīyán salutary advice Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 药石 藥石 yàoshí admonition sincere advice or warnings given to help someone correct their faults, meaning "bitter medicine" for the mind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.言 yán noun speech words; talk; what is said