Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「苦口良藥」, explained here.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「苦口良藥」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
Good medicine often tastes bitter. Metaphor: sincere advice and sharp criticism may sound unpleasant, but are very helpful in correcting shortcomings and mistakes.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
kǔ kǒu liáng yào
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fu2 hau2 leung4 yeuk6
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