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酸
Meaning
- sour
- tart
- sick at heart
Example sentence
牛奶酸了。
The milk is sour.
The character 酸
酸 is 酉, a wine jar, beside 夋: sour, the taste of what has turned. 酸奶 yoghurt, 酸甜 sweet and sour — and said of muscles it is the ache that comes the day after.