甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜 in English jia3 zhi1 mi4 tang2 , yi3 zhi1 pi1 shuang1 Meaning

Meanings

• one man's meat is another man's poison (idiomatic expression)

Pinyin

jia3 zhi1 mi4 tang2 , yi3 zhi1 pi1 shuang1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

甲jia3first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 蜜mi4honey 糖tang2sugar ， 乙yi3second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 砒pi1arsenic 霜shuang1frost