loeng4 joek6 fu2 hau2良藥苦口良药苦口
Jyutpingloeng4 joek6 fu2 hau2
Yalelèuhng yeuhk fú háu
Definition
Good medicine tastes bitter; frank criticism is hard to swallow.
- good medicine tastes bitter
- figurativefrank criticism is hard to swallow
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
