尖酸
jiān suān
Pinyin

Definition

尖酸
 - 
jiān suān
  1. harsh
  2. scathing
  3. acid (remarks)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

尖叫
jiān jiào
  1. 1 to screech
  2. 2 to shriek
心酸
xīn suān
  1. 1 to feel sad
酸
suān
  1. 1 sour
  2. 2 tart
  3. 3 sick at heart
  4. 4 grieved
  5. 5 sore
  6. 6 aching
  7. 7 pedantic
  8. 8 impractical
  9. 9 to make sarcastic remarks about sb
  10. 10 an acid
酸奶
suān nǎi
  1. 1 yogurt
酸痛
suān tòng
  1. 1 to ache
乳酸
rǔ suān
  1. 1 lactic acid
乳酸菌
rǔ suān jūn
  1. 1 lactic acid bacteria
亚硝酸盐
yà xiāo suān yán
  1. 1 nitrite
寒酸
hán suān
  1. 1 wretched
  2. 2 poverty-stricken
  3. 3 unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)
尖
jiān
  1. 1 point (of needle)
  2. 2 sharp
  3. 3 shrewd
  4. 4 pointed
尖刀
jiān dāo
  1. 1 dagger
尖刻
jiān kè
  1. 1 caustic
  2. 2 biting
  3. 3 piquant
  4. 4 acerbic
  5. 5 vitriolic
  6. 6 acrimonious
尖尖
jiān jiān
  1. 1 sharp
  2. 2 pointed
尖椒
jiān jiāo
  1. 1 chili pepper
尖沙咀
Jiān shā zuǐ
  1. 1 Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
尖端
jiān duān
  1. 1 sharp pointed end
  2. 2 the tip
  3. 3 the cusp
  4. 4 tip-top
  5. 5 most advanced and sophisticated
  6. 6 highest peak
  7. 7 the best
尖酸
jiān suān
  1. 1 harsh
  2. 2 scathing
  3. 3 acid (remarks)
尖锐
jiān ruì
  1. 1 sharp
  2. 2 intense
  3. 3 penetrating
  4. 4 pointed
  5. 5 acute (illness)
尖头
jiān tóu
  1. 1 pointed end
  2. 2 tip
  3. 3 (medicine) oxycephaly
指尖
zhǐ jiān
  1. 1 fingertips

Idioms (3)

尝尽心酸
cháng jìn xīn suān
  1. 1 to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
针尖对麦芒
zhēn jiān duì mài máng
  1. 1 sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
钻牛角尖
zuān niú jiǎo jiān
  1. 1 lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
  2. 2 to bash one's head against a brick wall
  3. 3 a wild goose chase
  4. 4 a blind alley
  5. 5 to split hairs

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