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Examples:bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)—bitter about unbearable grievances—sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery—unable speak of one's bitter suffering—bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates)—suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship—sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot—fig. lascivious activities can lead bitter consequences—incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)—bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)—eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people—speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths—complain of one's bitter lot—bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile—good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard swallow—have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth—bitter and hateful [idiom.]— |