酸甜苦辣

suān-tián-kǔ-là

(lit.) sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom); (fig.) all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life

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生活有酸甜苦辣。

Life has its ups and downs.

酸甜苦辣都要尝。

You should taste every flavor of life.