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  1. 治病苦難比喻諫言拂逆有益韓非子·》:良藥智者而已。」三國志····》:良藥苦口忠言逆耳。」忠言逆耳花言巧語

good medicine tastes bitter (idiom)​; fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
Gute Medizin schmeckt bitter ! (S, Sprichw)​