gān zhī rú yí

Traditional: 甘之如飴

甘之如饴 (gān zhī rú yí) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly; a glutton for punishment”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly
  2. 2a glutton for punishment

Characters in 甘之如饴

甘gān · (bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant)之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])如rú · as饴yí · maltose syrup

Related words

如果if; in case; in the event that之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind如何how如此like this; so; such之间(after a noun) between; among; amid如as比如for example; for instance; such as比如see 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]之一one of (sth)之类and so on

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