created reference approved 黄连树下弹琴/黃連樹下彈琴 → 苦中作乐/苦中作樂 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
黄连树下弹琴 / 黃連樹下彈琴 huángliánshùxiàtánqín
苦中作乐 / 苦中作樂 kǔzhōngzuòlè
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created reference approved 黄连树下弹琴/黃連樹下彈琴 → 苦中取乐/苦中取樂 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
黄连树下弹琴 / 黃連樹下彈琴 huángliánshùxiàtánqín
苦中取乐 / 苦中取樂 kǔzhōngqǔlè
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created sense approved 黄连树下弹琴/黃連樹下彈琴 · huángliánshùxiàtánqín · to seek joy in hardship — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
黄连树下弹琴 / 黃連樹下彈琴
huángliánshùxiàtánqín
to seek joy in hardship
(xiehouyu) To find joy or amusement in the midst of adversity or suffering; literally "playing a stringed instrument under a coptis tree," since the tree is famously bitter while the music is a pleasure.
黄连 (literal) → 黄连/黃連 · huánglián · Chinese goldthread 树 (literal) → 树/樹 · shù · tree 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · below 弹琴 (literal) → 弹琴/彈琴 · tánqín · to play an instrument
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