Lingaku- unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships
- fig. poor-tasting meal
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- unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships
- poor-tasting meal
This term refers to a meal that is intentionally unappetizing and serves as a reminder of difficult times experienced in life. It is often used to evoke a sense of gratitude for current circumstances compared to past struggles.
Every time I eat these tasteless buns, I think of the hard times I went through before.
She made an unsavory meal to remind her family to cherish their current lives.
In a more general context, this term can also describe a meal that is simply unpleasant in flavor. It can be used to criticize food that does not meet one's expectations or is poorly prepared.
The food here is really not good; it’s simply a poor-tasting meal.
He complained that the taste of lunch was as terrible as an unsavory meal.
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yì kǔ fàn忆苦饭unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardshipschī吃yì忆kǔ苦fàn饭to eat an unpalatable mealyì kǔ fàn忆苦饭de的wèi dao味道the taste of an unsavory mealzhǔ煮yì忆kǔ苦fàn饭to cook a poor-tasting mealyì kǔ fàn忆苦饭de的huí yì回忆memories of hardships associated with the mealfēn xiǎng分享yì kǔ fàn忆苦饭to share an unappetizing mealyì kǔ fàn忆苦饭de的gù shì故事the story of the unsavory mealyì kǔ fàn忆苦饭de的yì yì意义the significance of the remembrance mealyì kǔ fàn忆苦饭zuò wéi作为jiào xun教训the unsavory meal as a lessonchī吃yì kǔ fàn忆苦饭de的jīng lì经历experience of eating unpalatable meals