是药三分毒 shì yào sān fēn dú

every medicine has its side effect

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. every medicine has its side effect

Characters

Character Meaning
是 shì HSK 1
to be; is; are
药 yào HSK 2
medicine; drug
三 sān HSK 1
three; 3; surname San
分 fēn HSK 1
minute (unit of time); to divide; to separate
毒 dú HSK 5
poison; poisonous; to poison