強扭的瓜不甜

Chinese

		strength; force; power strength; force; power; powerful; better	to turn; to twist; to grab to turn; to twist; to grab; to wring	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	not; no	sweet
trad. (強扭的瓜不甜)		強	扭	的	瓜	不	甜
simp. (强扭的瓜不甜)		强	扭	的	瓜	不	甜
Literally: “a forcibly twisted melon will not be sweet”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáng niǔ de guā bù tián

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄋㄧㄡˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáng niǔ de guā bù tián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄋㄧㄡˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáng niǒu de̊ gua bù tián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang² niu³ tê⁵ kua¹ pu⁴ tʻien²
    • Yale: chyáng nyǒu de gwā bù tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyang neou .de gua bu tyan
    • Palladius: цян ню дэ гуа бу тянь (cjan nju dɛ gua bu tjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ ku̯ä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

Proverb

強扭的瓜不甜

1. something done grudgingly will not produce satisfactory results