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良药

liáng yào

2-character word Traditional 良藥

What 良药 means

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

The characters in 良药

• 良liánggood; very; very much
• 药yàoleaf of the iris; variant of 药

Example sentences

• 良药苦口。
  Liángyàokǔkǒu.
  Good medicine is bitter to the mouth.

Words starting with 良药

• 良药苦口liáng yào kǔ kǒugood medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow

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