甘之如饴

Traditional form:

甘之如飴

Pinyin (reading):

gānzhīrúyí

Definitions:

• lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly
• a glutton for punishment

Characters:

• 甘 - sweet, tasty; willing
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 饴 - syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake

Traditional characters:

• 甘 - sweet, tasty; willing
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 飴 - syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake