白糖拌苦瓜，又苦又甜白糖拌苦瓜，又苦又甜白糖拌苦瓜，又苦又甜

sugar mixed with bitter melon: both bitter and sweet

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes mixed feelings, both sad and happy at once.
Wordplay: 苦 (kǔ) is both bitter in taste and painful; 甜 (tián) is both sweet in taste and happy.

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Simplified: 白糖拌苦瓜，又苦又甜
Pinyin: báitáng bàn kǔguā, yòu kǔ yòu tián
Bopomofo: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄤˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄚ，ㄧㄡˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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