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是药三分毒
shì yào sān fēn dú
What 是药三分毒 means
- every medicine has its side effect
The characters in 是药三分毒
- 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
- 药yàoleaf of the iris; variant of 药
- 三sānthree; 3
- 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
- 毒dúpoison; to poison; poisonous
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