bitter as if it were malt sugar(gān zhī rú jì)

bitter as if it were malt sugar

Sweet as a shepherd's purse, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ā nzh ī R ú J ì, meaning like eating the first bitter sweet shepherd's purse, the heart is very happy, happy. It's like doing something you're willing to do. Although you suffer, you feel sweet in your heart. It comes from the book of songs, Yingfeng and Gufeng.

The origin of Idioms

"The book of songs · Yingfeng · Gufeng" says: "who calls tea bitter, its sweet as shepherd's purse."

Idiom usage

On the day of joining hands, he will die, and he will be as happy as a shepherd's purse. The book of Jin · biography of Liu Shen

Chinese PinYin : gān zhī rú jì