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酸

suān · suan

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Meaning

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  1. sour
  2. tart
  3. sick at heart
  4. grieved
  5. sore
  6. aching
  7. pedantic
  8. impractical
  9. to make sarcastic remarks about sb
  10. an acid
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Sour plum

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)尝(cháng)一下(yīxià)这个(zhège)梅子(méizi)。

    Liangliang, taste this plum.

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)。啊(a)！好(hǎo)酸(suān)！

    OK. Ah! So sour!

  3. Dengdeng

    哈哈(hāhā)，你(nǐ)的(de)脸(liǎn)都(dōu)皱(zhòu)起来(qǐlai)了(le)。真(zhēn)的(de)很(hěn)酸(suān)吗(ma)？

    Haha, your face is all scrunched. Is it really that sour?

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)自己(zìjǐ)尝(cháng)一下(yīxià)就(jiù)知道(zhīdào)了(le)。

    Taste it yourself and you will know.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)尝(cháng)。嗯(ēn)？我(wǒ)觉得(juéde)不(bù)酸(suān)，很(hěn)甜(tián)。

    I taste it. Hm? I think it is not sour, it is sweet.

  6. Liangliang

    真(zhēn)的(de)？你(nǐ)吃(chī)的(de)是(shì)不是(bùshì)别(bié)的(de)梅子(méizi)？我(wǒ)的(de)才(cái)酸(suān)。

    Really? Did you eat a different plum? Mine is the sour one.

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2 examples
01

那(nà)些(xiē)葡(pú)萄(tao)看(kàn)起(qǐ)来(lái)很(hěn)甜(tián)，但(dàn)其(qí)实(shí)是(shì)酸(suān)的(de)。

Those grapes look sweet, but in fact they're sour.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

第(dì)二(èr)天(tiān)我(wǒ)的(de)腿(tuǐ)很(hěn)酸(suān)。

I had sore legs the next day.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sarah · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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