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良藥苦口 (loeng4 joek6 fu2 hau2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

良藥苦口 (loeng4 joek6 fu2 hau2, liáng yào kǔ kǒu) — good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 良口 (loeng4 hau2) — Liangkou, a place in China
• 良民證 (loeng4 man4 zing3) — police clearance certificate; certificate showing no criminal records
• 良駒 (loeng4 keoi1) — a good horse; a fine horse
• 良心當狗肺 (loeng4 sam1 dong3 gau2 fai3) — to be ungrateful
• 良 (loeng4) — good; very; very much; virtuous; respectable; a surname; truly
• 良久 (loeng4 gau2) — a good while; a long time

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