良药苦口 (良藥苦口) liáng yào kǔ kǒu
liáng yào kǔ kǒu
set phrase
good medicine tastes bitter; frank criticism is hard to swallow
Domain: Idiom 成语
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Notes: (CC-CEDICT '良藥苦口')
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- Scroll 3: The Four Essentials of Life - The Four Noble Truths in Life 卷三 人生四要 人生四諦 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 6 - Four Principles for Acting with Integrity 《星雲法語6－做人四原則》 — count: 5
- Scroll 1: A Happy Life - Sincere Advice 卷一 快樂的生活 忠言如良藥 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 10 - The Human World is Filled with Joy 《星雲法語10－歡喜滿人間》 — count: 2
- Knowing Both Good and Bad 善惡相知 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 11 - The Philosophy of Success 《迷悟之間(十一)成功的理念》 — count: 1
- Scroll 4: Avalokitesvara - Dharma Friends 卷四 觀自在 善友 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 2 - Intangible Value 《人間萬事2－無形的可貴》 — count: 1
- Dharma Words - Other 法語 ■其它 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 Adapting to the Path of Life: Cultivation of the Six Sense Organs 卷一 調適生命之道 六根修行 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 1 - Keys to Living Well 《星雲法語1－修行在人間》 — count: 1
- Scroll 4: Teaching and Study - Who is Best? 卷四 教導後學 誰最好 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 4 - How to Overcome Difficulties 《星雲法語4－如何度難關》 — count: 1
- The Doctrine of Buddhist Repentance 佛教的懺悔主義 Humanistic Buddhism Series 7 - Dharma and Doctrine 《人間佛教系列7－佛法與義理》 — count: 1
- Hsing Yun Diary 37 - Wholesome Understanding: Do not Compare, Do not Bicker 星雲日記37～善聽 不比較、不計較(1995/9/16～1995/9/30) Hsing Yun Diary (1994/9-1996/12) 《星雲日記(1994/9~1996/12)》 — count: 1
- Me and Deities 我與神明 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 4 - Social Affinities 2 《百年佛緣4－社緣篇2》 — count: 1
Collocations
- 良药苦口利于 (良藥苦口利於) 良藥苦口利於病 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 12