苦fu2口hau2

English

1. lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口)
2. fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)

Examples

• 良藥苦口。

  Good medicine is bitter to the mouth.

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• 良药苦口。

  Good medicine is bitter.

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