五味陈杂

五味陳雜
wǔwèichénzá
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 a mix of feelings (variant of 五味杂陈)
  2. 2 with mixed emotions

Examples

Kàndào zhè yī mù, tā xīnzhōng wǔwèi-chénzá.
Seeing this scene, his heart filled with mixed feelings.
Chóngféng de shùnjiān, liǎng rén dōu wǔwèi-chénzá.
At the moment of reunion, both felt a tangle of emotions.

Tips

mistakes
五味陈杂 is a common variant ordering of the canonical 五味杂陈 — the meaning is identical, but 五味杂陈 is the form found in dictionaries and is preferred in formal writing. In casual writing both forms appear, since vs are interchangeable verb-pairs ('display / mix').

Stroke Order

wèi
chén