酸甜苦辣

suāntiánkǔlà
  1. lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom)
  2. fig. all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 酸甜 suāntián sour and sweet
2 苦 kǔ
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly
=3 辣 là old variant of 辣 là
=3 辣 là
  1. hot (spicy)
  2. pungent
  3. (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
  4. to burn