sweet-and-sour

English

Adjective

sweet-and-sour (comparative more sweet-and-sour, superlative most sweet-and-sour)

1. (cooking) Between sweet and sour taste.
2. Having both positive and negative traits, or inspiring conflicting good and bad feelings.
   • 1982, Ward's Auto World (volume 18, issues 1-6, page 65)

     Like an accordion at a country wedding producing sweet-and-sour notes, some importers are expanding their U.S. retail automotive operations while others are skinnying down.

   • 2014, Lloyd E. McIlveen, Improving on Love and Relationships

     Humans utilize a kind of sweet and sour blend of love potion called charm.

Derived terms

• sweet-and-sour sauce

Synonyms

• (inspiring good and bad feelings): bittersweet

Translations

between sweet and sour taste

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 甜酸 (tim⁴ syun¹)

  Mandarin: 酸甜 (zh) (suāntián), 糖醋 (zh) (tángcù) (sweet and sour), 甜酸 (zh) (tiánsuān) (sweet and slightly sour)

• Czech: sladkokyselý
• Dutch: zoetzuur (nl)
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• Finnish: hapanimelä (fi)
• German: süßsauer (de)
• Persian: ملس (fa) (malas)
• Portuguese: agridoce (pt)
• Russian: ки́сло-сла́дкий (ru) (kíslo-sládkij)
• Turkish: mayhoş (tr)

See also

• barbecue sauce