Entry
强qiǎng扭niǔ的de瓜guā不bù甜tián

  1. lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom); fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen

    trad. 強扭的瓜不甜

Also written 強扭的瓜不甜【qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián】

Characters in this word

6
的
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

of; ~'s (possessive particle), (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun), (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis), (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"), also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

Pinyin
de
Strokes
8
Frequency
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