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辛酸

xīn suān

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

辛酸 (xīn suān) means "pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 辛酸 means

1. pungent (taste)
2. bitter
3. fig. sad
4. miserable

The characters in 辛酸

• 辛xīn(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious
• 酸suānsour; tart; sick at heart

Sounds the same

Read xīn suān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 心酸to feel sad

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xīn suān correctly.
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