黄连树上结瓜,一串串儿苦黃連樹上結瓜,一串串兒苦黃連樹上結瓜,一串串兒苦

melons growing on a goldthread tree: strings and strings of bitterness

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes a whole group of people all in miserable circumstances.
Wordplay: 苦 (kǔ) means both bitter in taste and hard-pressed or suffering.

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Simplified: 黄连树上结瓜,一串串儿苦
Traditional (Taiwan): 黃連樹上結瓜,一串串兒苦
Pinyin: huángliánshù shàng jiē guā,yí chuànchuàn ér kǔ
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄝㄍㄨㄚ,ㄧˊ ㄔㄨㄢˋ ㄔㄨㄢˋ ㄦˊ ㄎㄨˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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