良药 meaning in English

liángyào

good medicine; panacea

Traditional 良藥16 strokes

Meaning of 良药

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

liángyào
  1. good medicine
  2. panacea
  3. fig. a good solution
  4. a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)

良药 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

良liáng药yào苦kǔ口kǒu。
Good medicine is bitter to the mouth.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

良 liáng · good · 7 strokes

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药 yào · medicine · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 良药.

药片yàopiàna (medicine) pill or tablet
药店yàodiànpharmacy; drugstore
药水yàoshuǐmedicine in liquid form; bottled medicine
良好liánghǎogood; favorable
药物yàowùmedicaments; pharmaceuticals
善良shànliánggood and honest; kindhearted
优良yōuliángfine; good
不良bùliángbad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty
中药zhōngyàotraditional Chinese medicine
炸药zhàyàoexplosive; blasting agent; dynamite
药品yàopǐnmedicaments; medicine
医药yīyàomedical care and medicines; medicine (drug)

Questions about 良药

What does 良药 mean?

良药 (liángyào) means "good medicine; panacea".

How do you write 良药?

良药 is made of 2 characters: 良 (7 strokes), 药 (9 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

How is 良药 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 良药 is written 良藥.