黄连树上搭苦瓜棚,苦做一堆黃連樹上搭苦瓜棚,苦做一堆黃連樹上搭苦瓜棚,苦做一堆

building a bitter-melon trellis on a goldthread tree: bitterness all in one heap

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes people who suffer hardship all gathering together.
Wordplay: 苦 (kǔ) means both bitter in taste and suffering or hardship.

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Simplified: 黄连树上搭苦瓜棚,苦做一堆
Traditional (Taiwan): 黃連樹上搭苦瓜棚,苦做一堆
Pinyin: huángliánshù shang dā kǔguā péng,kǔ zuò yìduī
Pinyin (Taiwan): huángliánshù shàng dā kǔguā péng,kǔ zuò yìduī
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄚㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄚㄆㄥˊ,ㄎㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄟ

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

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