"是藥三分毒" meaning in Chinese

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Proverb

IPA: /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵ tu³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /siː²² jœːk̚² saːm⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 是药三分毒 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 是藥三分毒
  1. all medicine has its side effects
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "this medicine contains 30% poison",
  "pos": "proverb",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "zh:Medicine",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "all medicine has its side effects"
      ],
      "id": "en-是藥三分毒-zh-proverb-4g2Dw2d6",
      "links": [
        [
          "all",
          "all"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "side effect",
          "side effect"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shì yào sānfēn dú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄢ ㄈㄣ ㄉㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si⁶ joek⁶ saam¹ fan¹ duk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shì yào sānfēn dú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄢ ㄈㄣ ㄉㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shìh yào sanfen dú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shih⁴ yao⁴ san¹-fên¹ tu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shr̀ yàu sān-fēn dú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shyh yaw sanfen dwu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ši jao sanʹfɛnʹ du",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ши яо саньфэнь ду"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵ tu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si⁶ joek⁶ saam¹ fan¹ duk⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sih yeuhk sāam fān duhk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si⁶ joek⁹ saam¹ fan¹ duk⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xi⁶ yêg⁶ sam¹ fen¹ dug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²² jœːk̚² saːm⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "是藥三分毒"
}
{
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    {
      "form": "是药三分毒",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "是藥三分毒",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "this medicine contains 30% poison",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese proverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese proverbs",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 三",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 分",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 是",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 毒",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 藥",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin proverbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "zh:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "all medicine has its side effects"
      ],
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        [
          "all",
          "all"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "side effect",
          "side effect"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shì yào sānfēn dú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄢ ㄈㄣ ㄉㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si⁶ joek⁶ saam¹ fan¹ duk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shì yào sānfēn dú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄢ ㄈㄣ ㄉㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shìh yào sanfen dú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shih⁴ yao⁴ san¹-fên¹ tu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shr̀ yàu sān-fēn dú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shyh yaw sanfen dwu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ši jao sanʹfɛnʹ du",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ши яо саньфэнь ду"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵ tu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si⁶ joek⁶ saam¹ fan¹ duk⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sih yeuhk sāam fān duhk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si⁶ joek⁹ saam¹ fan¹ duk⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xi⁶ yêg⁶ sam¹ fen¹ dug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²² jœːk̚² saːm⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "是藥三分毒"
}

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