一根藤上结的瓜,苦甜在一堆一根藤上結的瓜,苦甜在一堆一根藤上結的瓜,苦甜在一堆

melons on one vine: bitter and sweet are in one pile

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A variant of 苦甜是一家: people share good and bad times together.
Wordplay: 苦 (kǔ) means both bitter taste and hardship; 甜 (tián) means both sweet taste and a happy life.

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Simplified: 一根藤上结的瓜,苦甜在一堆
Traditional (Taiwan): 一根藤上結的瓜,苦甜在一堆
Pinyin: yìgēn téng shang jiē de guā,kǔ tián zài yìduī
Pinyin (Taiwan): yìgēn téng shàng jiē de guā,kǔ tián zài yìduī
Bopomofo: ㄧˋ ㄍㄣㄊㄥˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ˙ㄉㄜㄍㄨㄚ,ㄎㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄟ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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