| 酸 |
suān tián kǔ là | lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom) / fig. all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life |
| 酸 |
suān | sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid |
| 酸 |
suān tián | sour and sweet |
| 甜 |
tián | sweet |
| 苦 |
kǔ | bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly |
| 辣 |
là | old variant of 辣 |
| 辣 |
là | hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn |