酸甜苦辣 (suān tián kǔ là): sour / sweet / bitter / hot, the joys and sorrows of life

Only after experiencing life's sourness, sweetness, bitterness, and spiciness yourself can you truly understand them.

Although this small restaurant isn't big, it has tasted all the sourness, sweetness, bitterness, and spiciness of starting a business.

Having left his hometown for many years, he often recalls the sourness, sweetness, bitterness, and spiciness of his past life.

Sourness, sweetness, bitterness, and spiciness are all flavors of life; we must learn to accept them.

After hearing her story, I finally understood what true sourness, sweetness, bitterness, and spiciness really means.

Struggling away from home all these years, he has tasted every bit of life's sourness, sweetness, bitterness, and spiciness.