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良藥

简良药 · 繁良藥

Mandarin · pinyin liáng yào

good medicine
panacea
fig. a good solution
a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)

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良: liáng · good, virtuous, respectable
藥: Look up this written character
药: yào · leaf of Dahurian angelica plant; medicine

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2–4 · liang2 yao4

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noun

effective medicine
(figurative) effective solution; good solution

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