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甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜

Mandarin · pinyin jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng

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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