Correct
苦口
/ kǔkǒu /
Strokes
Definition
lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良药苦口)/fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)
Example
As a Verb
admonish in earnest
1
Kǔkǒu
苦口
xiāngquàn
相劝
earnestly advise/exhort
As a Verb
taste bitter
2
Liángyàokǔkǒu
良药苦口
。
Good medicine tastes bitter to the mouth.