the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition
trad. 藥補不如食補
Also written 藥補不如食補【yào bǔ bù rú shí bǔ】
Characters in this word
5药
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leaf of the iris, variant of 藥|药[yao4]
- Pinyin
- yào
- Traditional
- 葯
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1417 of 2500
补
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to repair, to patch, to mend, to make up for, to fill (a vacancy), to supplement
- Pinyin
- bǔ
- Traditional
- 補
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 10841 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
如
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as, as if, such as
- Pinyin
- rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1252 of 2500
食
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to eat, food, animal feed, eclipse
- Pinyin
- shí
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 9712 of 2500