五味瓶

五味瓶:

Literally means:

cruet of five flavors; all sorts of flavor

Actually means:

It literally refers to the cruet of five flavors which are sour, sweet, bitter, pungent and salty.

It figuratively means the mixture of all flavors.

It is usually used to describe the taste of various hardships of life or the mixture of all sorts of unpleasant feeling.

装着酸甜苦辣咸五种调味品的瓶子。

比喻混和着各种味道。

常用来表示人生各种艰难遭遇的滋味，或各种不好受的心情交织在一起。