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Languagle #20: Chinese (Mandarin)

September 4, 2026 · spoken in China, Taiwan, Singapore

良药苦口

liáng yào kǔ kǒu

"Good medicine tastes bitter."

What it means

On advice that is unpleasant to hear being the advice worth taking.

What kind of saying it is

Oral tradition. Passed down by word of mouth. Sayings like this have no single author.

Source

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