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辛酸 しんさん

  1. hardships; privation

辛酸をなめる しんさんをなめる

  1. to taste the bitters of life; to undergo many hardships

辛酸甘苦 しんさんかんく

  1. being well-versed in the ways of the world (having seen much of life); hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life
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