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甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜
Mandarin · pinyin jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng
Meanings
- one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
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- 甲
- jiǎ · armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
- 之
- zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
- 蜜
- mì · honey; sweet; nectar
- 糖
- táng · sugar; candy; sweets
- 乙
- yǐ · second; 2nd heavenly stem
- 砒
- pī · (obsolete form of 砒); white arsenic, arsenic trioxide
- 霜
- shuāng · frost; crystallized; candied
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