咸涩
xián sè
Pinyin

Definition

咸涩
 - 
xián sè
  1. salty and bitter
  2. acerbic

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

羞涩
xiū sè
  1. 1 shy
  2. 2 bashful
苦涩
kǔ sè
  1. 1 bitter and astringent
  2. 2 pained
  3. 3 agonized
青涩
qīng sè
  1. 1 underripe
  2. 2 (fig.) young and inexperienced
咸
xián
  1. 1 salted
  2. 2 salty
  3. 3 stingy
  4. 4 miserly
干涩
gān sè
  1. 1 dry and rough (skin)
  2. 2 hoarse (voice)
  3. 3 dry and heavy (style)
酸涩
suān sè
  1. 1 sour
  2. 2 acrid
  3. 3 (fig.) bitter
  4. 4 painful
咸湿
xián shī
  1. 1 (Tw) (coll.) obscene
  2. 2 pornographic
咸肉
xián ròu
  1. 1 bacon
  2. 2 salt-cured meat
咸菜
xián cài
  1. 1 salted vegetables
  2. 2 pickles
咸鱼
xián yú
  1. 1 salted fish
冷涩
lěng sè
  1. 1 cold and sluggish
  2. 2 chilly
囊中羞涩
náng zhōng xiū sè
  1. 1 to be embarrassingly short of money
晦涩
huì sè
  1. 1 difficult to understand
  2. 2 cryptic
涩
sè
  1. 1 astringent
  2. 2 tart
  3. 3 acerbity
  4. 4 unsmooth
  5. 5 rough (surface)
  6. 6 hard to understand
  7. 7 obscure
涩味
sè wèi
  1. 1 acerbic (taste)
  2. 2 astringent
生涩
shēng sè
  1. 1 unripe
  2. 2 tart
  3. 3 not fully proficient
  4. 4 somewhat shaky
咸水
xián shuǐ
  1. 1 salt water
  2. 2 brine
咸水湖
xián shuǐ hú
  1. 1 salt lake
咸淡
xián dàn
  1. 1 salty and unsalty (flavors)
  2. 2 degree of saltiness
  3. 3 brackish (water)
咸涩
xián sè
  1. 1 salty and bitter
  2. 2 acerbic

Idioms (2)

艰深晦涩
jiān shēn huì sè
  1. 1 abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)
咸鱼翻身
xián yú fān shēn
  1. 1 lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to experience a reversal of fortune

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