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- Stevia, South American sunflower genus
- sugarleaf (Stevia rebaudiana), bush whose leaves produce sugar substitute
- (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet; cloying
- (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet; overly sentimental
- deep-fried fish cake popular in Taiwan (loanword from Japanese "tempura")
- Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
- see also 百利甜酒[Bai3 li4 Tian2 jiu3]
- lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom)
- fig. all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life
- sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
Trad. 甜言美語
- see 甜言蜜語|甜言蜜语[tian2 yan2 mi4 yu3]
Trad. 甜言蜜語
- (idiom) sweet words
- sweet talk
- cajolery
- Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
Trad. 憶苦思甜
- to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
Trad. 話多不甜
- too much talk is a nuisance (idiom)
Trad. 強扭的瓜不甜
- 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. 打一巴掌，給個甜棗
- lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom)
- fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation