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良药苦口

liángyàokǔkǒu

Traditional: 良藥苦口

good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow

Character Breakdown

良
liáng
good, virtuous, respectable
HSK 5
药
yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
HSK 2
苦
kǔ
bitter; hardship, suffering
HSK 4
口
kǒu
mouth; entrance, gate, opening
HSK 3

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