药补不如食补

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

leaf of the iris / variant of 藥|药[yao4]

medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison

medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health

to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to

as / as if / such as

to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

to feed (a person or animal)

tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods