Chinese word dictionary
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
Simplified酸甜苦辣
Traditional酸甜苦辣
Pinyinsuān-tián-kǔ-là
Part of speechGeneral
HSK 3.05
HSK 2.0Not listed
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 酸甜苦辣
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.