尖酸刻薄

Traditional form:

尖酸刻薄

Pinyin (reading):

jiānsuānkèbó

Definitions:

• sharp and unkind (words)

Characters:

• 尖 - sharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd
• 酸 - tart, sour; spoiled; acid
• 刻 - to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
• 薄 - thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy

Traditional characters:

• 尖 - sharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd
• 酸 - tart, sour; spoiled; acid
• 刻 - to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
• 薄 - thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy