Five flavors

Vernacular definition: Five flavors: a combination of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty. Describe the seasoning, color, fragrance and appropriateness.

Source: "Book of Rites·Liyun": "The five flavors and six harmonies, and the twelve foods, are also the essence of each other."

Dynasty: Western Han Dynasty Rites Scholar

Author: Dai Sheng

Translation: Five flavors and six harmonies, twelve eatings, based on the rotation phase.

Extended information:

Idioms to describe food include: relishing the taste, as sweet as glutinous rice, endless aftertaste, and fragrant for ten miles

1. Relishing the taste

Vernacular definition: Jinjin: Showing strong interest. It means eating very deliciously or talking with great interest.

Dynasty: Ming Dynasty

Author: Zhu Zhiyu

Source: "Zhu Shunshui Collection·Seventeen Poems of Replying to Ye Jie Shu": "The better the work, the better the reading. You can enjoy Li Sheng's writing; it is better than other people's poems."

Translation: The better the poems are; the more you read them, you will enjoy them; you can see Li Sheng's articles; they are better than others. Beautiful words.

2. Sweet as sugar

Vernacular meaning: as sweet as sugar. It is also used to express willingness to endure hardship and pain. 饴(yí): syrup. The sauce that can be used to describe Beijing roast duck

Source: "Preface to Sending Zhou Tianji": "It is as sweet as honey."

Dynasty: Song Dynasty

Author: Anonymous

Translation: Tastes as sweet as honey

3. Endless aftertaste

Vernacular definition: Describes wonderful poems, songs or delicious food that are memorable.

Source: Chapter 5 of "White Gate Willow·Sunset Fragrant Grass": "You must be like me just now, inhale gently and exhale slowly, not only will you be safe and sound, but you will also feel the aftertaste is endless!"

Dynasty: Modern

Author: Liu Sifen

Translation: It must be like me just now, inhaling gently and exhaling slowly, not only safe and sound, but also feeling endlessly rich!

4. The fragrance floats ten miles

Vernacular definition: to describe a strong fragrance or a fragrance that spreads very far and is particularly fragrant. It is generally used in articles to describe the smell and fragrance of something.

Source: Lesson 7 "Osmanthus Rain" in Volume 1 of Chinese Language for Grade 5 of the People's Education Press: When the sweet-scented osmanthus blooms, not to mention the fragrance that spreads for ten miles, at least a dozen neighbors are soaked in the fragrance of the sweet-scented osmanthus.

Dynasty: Modern

Author: Anonymous