辛酸
xīn suān
Pinyin

Definition

辛酸
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xīn suān
  1. pungent (taste)
  2. bitter
  3. fig. sad
  4. miserable

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

心酸
xīn suān
  1. 1 to feel sad
辛亥
xīn hài
  1. 1 forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031
  2. 2 cf 辛亥革命[Xīn hài Gé mìng], Xinhai Revolution of 1911
辛苦
xīn kǔ
  1. 1 exhausting
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 tough
  4. 4 arduous
  5. 5 to work hard
  6. 6 to go to a lot of trouble
  7. 7 hardship(s)
酸
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
酸奶
suān nǎi
  1. 1 yogurt

Idioms (5)

备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
含辛茹苦
hán xīn rú kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship
  2. 2 to bear one's cross
尝尽心酸
cháng jìn xīn suān
  1. 1 to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
辛勤耕耘
xīn qín gēng yún
  1. 1 to make industrious and diligent efforts (idiom)

Sample Sentences

嗨，不提还好，一提就是一把辛酸泪啊，目前市场竞争太激烈，年初成立公司以后，我的作息规律就完全给打破了，头发都愁白了。
hāi ，bùtí hái hǎo ，yī tí jiùshì yī bǎ xīnsuānlèi ā ，mùqián shìchǎng jìngzhēng tài jīliè ，nián chū chénglì gōngsī yǐhòu ，wǒ de zuòxí guīlǜ jiù wánquán gěi dǎpò le ，tóufa dōu chóubái le 。
Hey, don't bring it up or you'll make me cry. The competition on the market is pretty fierce. After starting a company at the start of the year, now my work life balance is completely messed up and my hair is already going grey.
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