chơn lòng đỏ da

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Meaning · English

Bitter medicine ends the illness — cure lives in what's hard to swallow.

Literally: bitter drug finishes the disease
Sources & notes

Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “chơn lòng đỏ da” mean?

Bitter medicine ends the illness — cure lives in what's hard to swallow. Literally: bitter drug finishes the disease

Is “chơn lòng đỏ da” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.