良药 (良藥)
liáng yào
Pinyin

Definition

良药 (良藥)
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liáng yào
  1. good medicine
  2. panacea
  3. fig. a good solution
  4. a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不良
bù liáng
  1. 1 bad
  2. 2 harmful
  3. 3 unhealthy
善良
shàn liáng
  1. 1 good and honest
  2. 2 kindhearted
良好
liáng hǎo
  1. 1 good
  2. 2 favorable
  3. 3 well
  4. 4 fine
良心
liáng xīn
  1. 1 conscience
优良
yōu liáng
  1. 1 fine
  2. 2 good
  3. 3 first-rate

Idioms (19)

久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
丧尽天良
sàng jìn tiān liáng
  1. 1 devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless
坐失良机
zuò shī liáng jī
  1. 1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
居心不良
jū xīn bù liáng
  1. 1 to harbor evil intentions (idiom)
广结良缘
guǎng jié liáng yuán
  1. 1 to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)

Sample Sentences

啊，好伤心，我的小心脏有点承受不起，唉，不过忠言逆耳，良药苦口，我接受你的建议，含胸驼背真毁形象、也损自信。
ā ，hǎo shāngxīn ，wǒ de xiǎo xīnzàng yǒudiǎnr chéngshòu bù qǐ ，ài ，bùguò zhōngyánnìěr ，liángyàokǔkǒu ，wǒ jiēshòu nǐ de jiànyì ，hánxiōng tuóbèi zhēn huǐ xíngxiàng 、yě sǔn zìxìn 。
Ah, I'm so hurt. My little heart can't take it. Ah, but I guess loyal words jar on the ear and frank criticism is hard to swallow. I accept your suggestions, sucking in my chest and hunching my back is ruining my image, and damaging my self-confidence.
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忠言逆耳，良药苦口，你不喜欢，我也没办法。
zhōngyánnìěr ，liángyàokǔkǒu ，nǐ bù xǐhuan ，wǒ yě méi bànfǎ 。
Just because I don't tell you what you want to hear doesn't mean I'm not a good friend. I'm not going to sugarcoat things. If you don't like it, then there's nothing I can do about it.
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