yakbongjie jeokhin sigane yageul meogeoya ppalli hoebokdwae.

Literally, it means at the time written on the medicine packet.

Breakdown:

• 약봉지 = medicine bag / medicine packet
• -에 = on / in / at
• 적힌 = written, marked
• 시간 = time
• -에 = at

So 약봉지에 적힌 시간에 is a noun phrase meaning the time(s) written on the medicine packet.

They do different jobs:

1. 약봉지에
   Here 에 means something like on or in:
   on the medicine packet

2. 시간에
   Here 에 marks a point in time:
   at the time

So:

• 약봉지에 적힌 = written on the medicine packet
• 시간에 = at the time

Using 에 twice is completely natural because each one attaches to a different noun.

Yes. 적힌 comes from the verb 적히다, which means to be written down or to be marked/written.

Here it is in a noun-modifying form:

• 적히다 → 적힌

So 적힌 시간 means:

• the written time
• more naturally, the time that is written

This is a very common Korean structure:

• verb + ㄴ/은 before a noun = a clause modifying that noun

For example:

• 어제 본 영화 = the movie I watched yesterday
• 벽에 붙은 종이 = the paper attached to the wall
• 약봉지에 적힌 시간 = the time written on the medicine packet

Because the meaning is different.

• 적다 = to write
• 적히다 = to be written

So:

• 적은 시간 would mean the time someone wrote
• 적힌 시간 means the time that is written / listed / marked

In this sentence, the focus is not on who wrote it, but on the fact that the time is written there. That is why 적힌 sounds natural.

먹어야 comes from 먹어야 하다, which literally means something like have to eat/take or must take.

In everyday speech, 하다 is often omitted when the meaning is clear:

• 먹어야 해
• 먹어야 하다
• shortened in this sentence to just 먹어야 before the next clause

Here 먹어야 has the sense of:

• you need to take
• you should take
• if you take in the sense of a necessary condition

So the sentence implies: You need to take the medicine at the time written on the packet if you want to recover quickly.

Good question. Both can sometimes translate as if you take, but the nuance is different.

• 먹으면 = if/when you take it
  This is a more neutral condition.
• 먹어야 = only if you take it / you need to take it / in order to take it
  This sounds more like a necessary condition or advice.

Compare:

• 약을 먹으면 빨리 회복돼.
  If you take the medicine, you recover quickly.
• 약을 먹어야 빨리 회복돼.
  You need to take the medicine to recover quickly.
  or Only if you take the medicine will you recover quickly.

So 먹어야 emphasizes necessity more strongly.

It modifies 회복돼.

So the meaning is:

• recover quickly

Not:

• take the medicine quickly

If Korean wanted to say take the medicine quickly, it would usually place 빨리 closer to 먹어야 in a way that clearly points to that action, but in this sentence the natural reading is: You’ll recover quickly.

회복돼 comes from 회복되다, which means to recover or literally to become restored.

Breakdown:

• 회복 = recovery
• 되다 = to become
• 회복되다 = to recover / to be restored
• 회복돼 = contracted form of 회복되어

This is the natural verb here.

Why not 회복해?

• 회복하다 usually means to restore or sometimes to recover, but 회복되다 is very common when talking about a condition improving or someone recovering.
• In this sentence, 회복돼 sounds natural and idiomatic.

Also:

• 돼 is the common contraction of 되어
• So 회복되어 → 회복돼

Because they refer to different things:

• 약봉지 = the medicine packet/bag
• 약을 = the medicine itself

So the sentence is talking about:

1. the packet that has instructions on it
2. the medicine that you should take

Repeating 약 is not awkward in Korean here. It sounds completely normal.

It can mean either, depending on context.

In English, we might say:

• at the time written on the packet
• or more naturally, at the times written on the packet

Korean often does not mark plural explicitly unless it matters. So 시간 here can refer to:

• one scheduled time
• several scheduled times

The context of medicine instructions often suggests scheduled dosage times, even without a plural marker.

회복돼 is in a casual, non-polite style.

Compare:

• 회복돼 = casual
• 회복돼요 = polite
• 회복됩니다 = formal

So the full sentence is in casual style:

• 약봉지에 적힌 시간에 약을 먹어야 빨리 회복돼.

A polite version would be:

• 약봉지에 적힌 시간에 약을 먹어야 빨리 회복돼요.

This kind of casual form is common in:

• speaking to friends
• explanatory examples
• textbook sentences in plain style

Yes. 봉지 literally means bag or packet, but in natural English, medicine packet, medicine bag, or even medicine package may fit depending on context.

So 약봉지 could refer to:

• a small pharmacy bag
• a packet holding pills
• a medicine pouch/package

The exact English translation depends on the situation, but the Korean simply refers to the packaging/container that has the written instructions.

Yes. It can sound like both:

• a factual statement:
  You recover faster if you take the medicine at the written times.
• advice/instruction:
  You should take the medicine at the times written on the packet so you can recover quickly.

Because of 먹어야, it naturally carries a sense of recommendation or necessity, not just neutral description.