藥補不如食補 yào bǔ bù rú shí bǔ

food is better than medicine for health

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition

Characters

Character Meaning
藥 yào
medicine; drug
補 bǔ
to make up for; to supplement; to repair
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
如 rú HSK 3
as; such as; as if
食 shí HSK 5
to eat; food; animal feed
補 bǔ
to make up for; to supplement; to repair