yì kǔ fàn

Traditional: 憶苦飯

忆苦饭 (yì kǔ fàn) is a Chinese word meaning “unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships; fig. poor-tasting meal”.

Meanings

  1. 1unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships
  2. 2fig. poor-tasting meal

Characters in 忆苦饭

忆yì · to recollect苦kǔ · bitter饭fàn · cooked rice

Related words

痛苦pain吃饭to have a meal记忆to remember; to recall饭cooked rice晚饭evening meal午饭lunch回忆to recall辛苦exhausting苦bitter饭店restaurant做饭to prepare a meal早饭breakfast

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