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酸甜苦辣

suān tián kǔ là

HSK 3.0 level 5 4-character word

酸甜苦辣 (suān tián kǔ là) means "sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot; fig. the joys and sorrows of life". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 酸甜苦辣 means

1. (lit.) sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom)
2. (fig.) all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life

The characters in 酸甜苦辣

• 酸suānsour; tart; sick at heart
• 甜tiánsweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 辣làhot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting

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