五味陈杂

五味陳雜

wǔwèi-chénzá

idiom

Meanings

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

Characters

to lay out / display

Examples

HSK 7-9

看到这一幕，他心中五味陈杂。

Kàndào zhè yī mù, tā xīnzhōng wǔwèi-chénzá.

Seeing this scene, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

HSK 7-9

重逢的瞬间，两人都五味陈杂。

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 陈杂 vs 杂陈 are interchangeable verb-pairs ('display / mix').

Stroke Order

五 wǔ

味 wèi

陈 chén

杂 zá