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Definition(s) for: 酸甜苦辣

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
酸甜苦辣 suān - tián - kǔ - là - lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom)
- fig. all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life

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
- 5 38,642 26,090 14,133

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
suān- sour
- tart
- sick at heart
- grieved
- sore
- aching
- pedantic
- impractical
- to make sarcastic remarks about sb
- an acid
tián- sweet
- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly
- hot (spicy)
- pungent
- (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
- to burn
- old variant of 辣[la4]

Other Words Containing 酸甜苦辣

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
酸甜苦辣 - 5 38,642 26,090 14,133