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Let’s explore the five flavors of Chinese food — sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty! In this episode, you’ll learn how to describe taste in Mandarin, practice the grammar 很 / 有点, and discover how flavors are also a metaphor for life.
今天我们来聊一聊中国食物的五种味道：酸、甜、苦、辣、咸！在这一集里，你会学到如何用中文形容味道，练习“很 / 有点”这个语法点，还能体会到这些味道在生活里的寓意。
📘 Grammar of the Day
很 (hěn) = very
有点 (yǒudiǎn) = a little bit
Examples:
🥢 Key Vocabulary + Sentences
酸 – sour
这个柠檬很酸。
This lemon is very sour.
甜 – sweet
蛋糕很甜。
The cake is sweet.
苦 – bitter
咖啡有点苦。
Coffee is a little bitter.
辣 – spicy
四川火锅很辣。
Sichuan hotpot is very spicy.
咸 – salty
这碗汤有点咸。
This bowl of soup is a little salty.
酱油 – soy sauce
火锅蘸料里有酱油。
There is soy sauce in the hotpot dipping sauce.
醋 – vinegar
我喜欢在饺子里放点醋。
I like adding vinegar to dumplings.
芝麻酱 – sesame paste
北京火锅常常用芝麻酱。
Beijing hotpot often uses sesame paste.
蒜泥 – mashed garlic
很多人喜欢蘸蒜泥。
Many people like dipping in mashed garlic.
蚝油 – oyster sauce
炒青菜的时候放一点蚝油。
Add a little oyster sauce when stir-frying vegetables.
豆瓣酱 – spicy bean paste
四川菜常常用豆瓣酱。
Sichuan cuisine often uses spicy bean paste.
🌏 Profound Mandarin Paragraph (spoken style)
你有没有发现，酸甜苦辣咸，其实不只是味道？在生活里，我们也会遇到这些“味道”。酸的时候，可能是难过、想哭；甜的时候，就是开心、幸福的时刻；苦的时候，是你努力加班、学习，很累但是必须坚持；辣的时候，就像面对挑战，虽然有点痛，可是也让你记得特别清楚；咸呢，就是每天的小日常，有时候平淡，却是生活的基础。就像火锅里少不了各种调料，人生也需要这些味道，混在一起才会完整。
English translation:
Have you noticed that sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty are not just flavors? In life, we also experience them. Sour is when you feel sad and want to cry; sweet is those happy, joyful moments; bitter is when you work late or study hard — tired, but you keep going; spicy is like facing challenges — a little painful, but unforgettable; and salty is the daily routine, sometimes plain, but it’s the foundation of life. Just like hotpot needs many different seasonings, life also needs all these flavors mixed together to be complete.