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良薬口に苦し
【 りょうやくくちににがし 】
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to
▶ [lit] good medicine tastes bitter



History:
2. A 2024-02-28 06:01:20  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2024-02-28 04:23:42  penname01
  Refs: 
daijr, nikk, pixiv, koji kotowaza

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
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│ 良薬口に苦し　 │ 12,366 │ 61.2% │
│ 良薬は口に苦し │  7,832 │ 38.8% │
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  Comments: 
more common version of 良薬は口に苦し

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