酸
suān
Pinyin

Definition

酸
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suān
  1. sour
  2. tart
  3. sick at heart
  4. grieved
  5. sore
  6. aching
  7. pedantic
  8. impractical
  9. to make sarcastic remarks about sb
  10. an acid

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

心酸
xīn suān
  1. 1 to feel sad
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
酸痛
suān tòng
  1. 1 to ache
乳酸
rǔ suān
  1. 1 lactic acid

Idioms (1)

尝尽心酸
cháng jìn xīn suān
  1. 1 to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我又想吃酸菜鱼了。
wǒ yòu xiǎng chī suāncàiyú le 。
I feel like eating fish with pickles again.
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一看到酸的食物就不自觉地流下口水是一种后天形成的条件反射现象。
yī kàn dào suān de shíwù jiù bùzìjué de liú xià kǒushuǐ shì yīzhǒng hòutiān xíngchéng de tiáojiànfǎnshè xiànxiàng 。
It is an acquired conditioned reflex that one drools unconsciously when seeing sour food.
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我们看到酸的食物就流口水也是一样的。
wǒmen kàndào suān de shíwù jiù liú kǒushuǐ yě shì yīyàng de 。
It goes the same for us. When seeing sour food, we salivate.
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我们进食的时候，口腔内部会受到刺激，大脑就会下令分泌能帮助消化食物的唾液，其中又以酸的食物所产生的刺激最为强烈。
wǒmen jìnshí de shíhou ，kǒuqiāng nèibù huì shòudào cìjī ，dànǎo jiù huì xiàlìng fēnmì néng bāngzhù xiāohuà shíwù de tuòyè ，qízhōng yòu yǐ suān de shíwù suǒ chǎnshēng de cìjī zuìwéi qiángliè 。
When we are eating, we get oral stimulation. Our brain would command the mouth to secrete saliva in order to help digest the food. Among which, sour food induces the most stimulation.
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时间一久，就算还没尝到酸的食物，光是想像，大脑也会习惯性地发出信号让口腔内部分泌唾液。
shíjiān yī jiǔ ，jiùsuàn hái méi cháng dào suān de shíwù ，guāngshì xiǎngxiàng ，dànǎo yě huì xíguànxìng de fāchū xìnhào ràng kǒuqiāng nèibù fēnmì tuòyè 。
As time passes by, even though we haven't eaten sour food yet, our brain would customarily send signals to make our mouth secrete saliva by simply imagining sour food.
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所以每次当我们吃进柠檬、梅子、酸菜等酸的食物的时候，大脑就会下达指令分泌大量的唾液。
suǒyǐ měicì dāng wǒmen chī jìn níngméng 、méizi 、suāncài děng suān de shíwù de shíhou ，dànǎo jiù huì xiàdá zhǐlìng fēnmì dàliàng de tuòyè 。
As a result, when we are eating lemon, plum, pickled cabbage or other sorts of sour food, our brain would give orders to secrete a big amount of saliva.
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唉，我的腿好酸啊。
ài ，wǒ de tuǐ hǎo suān a 。
Oh, my legs hurt.
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哎！和你讲话真是话不投机半句多，邮差怎么了？行万里路的邮差也比一个读了圣贤书却不懂得人情世故的酸文人强。
āi ！hé nǐ jiǎnghuà zhēn shì huà bù tóujī bàn jù duō ，yóuchāi zěnmele ？xíng wàn lǐ lù de yóuchāi yě bǐ yī gè dú le shèngxiánshū quèbù dǒngde rénqíng shìgù de suānwénrén qiáng 。
Agh! We really can't see eye to eye on much. What's wrong with postal workers? They would also be better off after travelling 10,000 miles than being fusty old scholars who have read the classics but don't understand the ways of the world.
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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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什么贼头贼脑，你少在那边吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸了，快上来啦！
shénme zéitóuzéinǎo ，nǐ shǎo zài nàbiān chībudào pútao shuō pútao suān le ，kuài shànglái la ！
What do you mean spooky? Stop with the sour grapes and get on!
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