酸甜苦辣 — Chinese idiom
酸甜苦辣
suān tián kǔ là
Meaning
- (lit.) sour, sweet, bitter and spicy
- (fig.) all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life
Character by character
- 酸suāntart, sour; spoiled; acid
- 甜tiánsweet, sweetness
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering
- 辣làpepper; hot, spicy; cruel
Idioms sharing a character
- 尝尽心酸 cháng jìn xīn suān
- 酸儿辣女 suān ér là nǚ
- 嘴甜心苦 zuǐ tián xīn kǔ
- 忆苦思甜 yì kǔ sī tián
- 甜言蜜语 tián yán mì yǔ
- 不胜其苦 bù shèng qí kǔ
- 倒悬之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ
- 备尝辛苦 bèi cháng xīn kǔ
- 刻苦耐劳 kè kǔ nài láo
- 千辛万苦 qiān xīn wàn kǔ
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