良药苦口 (良藥苦口)
liáng yào kǔ kǒu
Pinyin

Definition

良药苦口 (良藥苦口)
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liáng yào kǔ kǒu
  1. good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人口
rén kǒu
  1. 1 population
  2. 2 people
借口
jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to use as an excuse
  2. 2 on the pretext
  3. 3 excuse
  4. 4 pretext
入口
rù kǒu
  1. 1 entrance
  2. 2 to import
口
kǒu
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. 3 classifier for bites or mouthfuls
口味
kǒu wèi
  1. 1 a person's preferences
  2. 2 tastes (in food)
  3. 3 flavor

Idioms (20)

三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
  1. 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
  2. 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
交口称誉
jiāo kǒu chēng yù
  1. 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation

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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