bitter; heartache; sorrow
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Meanings
1 sense · 5 examplesadjective
bitter; heart-wrenching; causing sorrow and pain
literaryDescribes deep emotional pain, often from hardship, disappointment, or recalling sad memories. The term originally refers to the literal tastes of 'pungent' (辛) and 'sour' (酸), used metaphorically for mental suffering.
Xiǎng想
qǐ起
nà那
duàn段
wǎng往
shì事
，
tā他
xīn心
lǐ里
yī一
zhèn阵
xīn辛
suān酸
。
Thinking of that past event, a wave of bitterness welled up in his heart.
Xiǎo小
shuō说
miáo描
xiě写
le了
zhàn战
zhēng争
nián年
dài代
rén人
mín民
de的
xīn辛
suān酸
shēng生
huó活
。
The novel depicts the bitter life of the people during the war years.
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Kàn看
dào到
hái孩
zi子
shòu受
kǔ苦
，
nǎ哪
ge个
mǔ母
qīn亲
bù不
gǎn感
dào到
xīn辛
suān酸
？
What mother wouldn't feel heartache seeing her child suffer?
Tā他
hán含
zhe着
xīn辛
suān酸
de的
lèi泪
shuǐ水
jiǎng讲
shù述
le了
zì自
jǐ己
de的
jīng经
lì历
。
With bitter tears in his eyes, he recounted his own experience.
Zhè这
shì是
yī一
duàn段
chōng充
mǎn满
xīn辛
suān酸
de的
lì历
shǐ史
。
This is a history filled with sorrow and hardship.