良药苦口

liáng yào kǔ kǒu

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

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Child Words of 良药苦口

• 口 口 kǒu: mouth
• 良 良 liáng: good
• 苦 苦 kǔ: bitter
• 药 药 yào: medicine
• 良药 良药 liáng yào: good medicine
• 苦口 苦口 kǔ kǒu: lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口)