Bitter pills may have wholesome effect. What's the next sentence?

Good medicine tastes bitter and is good for illness, but advice when most unpleasant is good for action "is an idiom in China, which means that people should accept others' opinions and criticisms with an open mind, or educate people to be brave in accepting criticism. Good medicine is mostly bitter, but it is beneficial to cure diseases; Most of the languages that teach people to be kind are not very nice, but they are helpful to correct their shortcomings. This sage is to educate people to be brave in accepting criticism, which is often used to explain that we should treat others' opinions and criticisms correctly.

Chinese name

Good medicine tastes bitter and is good for illness, but advice when most unpleasant is good for action.

Foreign name

Good medicine tastes bitter and benefits the disease; Advice when most needed is unpleasant, but it helps action.

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liáng,yào,kǔ,kǒu,lì,yú,bìng,zhōng,yán,nì,ěr,lì,yú,xíng

source

Historical Records: Family Life in Later Dynasties

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Advice is unpleasant to the ear, but it is good for action.