苦瓜泡进黄连汤,苦得没法说苦瓜泡進黃連湯,苦得沒法說苦瓜泡進黃連湯,苦得沒法説

a bitter melon soaked in coptis soup: too bitter to describe

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

Meaning: Describes extreme hardship or misery.
Wordplay: 苦 (kǔ) means both 'bitter taste' and 'suffering'; bitter melon in bitter soup is doubly bitter, as is the person's life.

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Simplified: 苦瓜泡进黄连汤,苦得没法说
Traditional (Taiwan): 苦瓜泡進黃連湯,苦得沒法說
Traditional (Hong Kong): 苦瓜泡進黃連湯,苦得沒法説
Pinyin: kǔguā pào jìn huánglián tāng,kǔ de méifǎ shuō
Bopomofo: ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄚㄆㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄤ,ㄎㄨˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄇㄟˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄛ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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