尖酸
jiān suān
Pinyin

Definition

尖酸
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jiān suān
  1. harsh
  2. scathing
  3. acid (remarks)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiān jiào
  1. 1 to screech
  2. 2 to shriek
xīn suān
  1. 1 to feel sad
suān
  1. 1 sour
  2. 2 tart
  3. 3 sick at heart
  4. 4 grieved
  5. 5 sore
  6. 6 aching
  7. 7 pedantic
  8. 8 impractical
  9. 9 to make sarcastic remarks about sb
  10. 10 an acid
suān nǎi
  1. 1 yogurt
suān tòng
  1. 1 to ache

Idioms (3)

尝尽心酸
cháng jìn xīn suān
  1. 1 to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
针尖对麦芒
zhēn jiān duì mài máng
  1. 1 sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
钻牛角尖
zuān niú jiǎo jiān
  1. 1 lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
  2. 2 to bash one's head against a brick wall
  3. 3 a wild goose chase
  4. 4 a blind alley
  5. 5 to split hairs