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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 忆苦思甜

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
忆苦思甜 yì kǔ sī tián - to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 61,985 49,981 53,211

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
忆 yì- to recollect
- to remember
- memory
苦 kǔ- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly
思 sī- to think
- to consider
甜 tián- sweet

Other Words Containing 忆苦思甜

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
忆苦思甜 - - 61,985 49,981 53,211