甜酸
tián suān
Pinyin

Definition

甜酸
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tián suān
  1. sweet and sour

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

心酸
xīn suān
  1. 1 to feel sad
甜
tián
  1. 1 sweet
甜品
tián pǐn
  1. 1 dessert
甜美
tián měi
  1. 1 sweet
  2. 2 pleasant
  3. 3 happy
甜蜜
tián mì
  1. 1 sweet
  2. 2 happy

Idioms (7)

尝尽心酸
cháng jìn xīn suān
  1. 1 to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
嘴甜心苦
zuǐ tián xīn kǔ
  1. 1 sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
  1. 1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
忆苦思甜
yì kǔ sī tián
  1. 1 to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
甜言美语
tián yán měi yǔ
  1. 1 sweet words, beautiful phrases (idiom); hypocritical flattery

Sample Sentences

我猜味道也都是酸酸甜甜的吧。美国人怎么那么喜欢甜酸酱啊？
wǒ cāi wèidao yě dōu shì suānsuāntiántián de ba 。Měiguó rén zěnme nàme xǐhuan tiánsuānjiàng a ？
I'm guessing it's also all sweet and sour flavored. Why do Americans like sweet and sour so much?
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