强扭的瓜不甜
Traditional form:
強扭的瓜不甜
Pinyin (reading):
qiǎngniǔdeguābùtián
Definitions:
- lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
- fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
Characters:
- 强 - strong, powerful, energetic
- 扭 - to turn, to twist, to wrench; to grasp, to seize
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 甜 - sweet, sweetness
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