甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜 jiǎ zhī mì táng ， yǐ zhī pī shuāng

one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
甲 jiǎ HSK 5
first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
蜜 mì HSK 5
honey
糖 táng HSK 4
sugar; candy; sweets
乙 yǐ HSK 5
second in order
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
砒 pī
arsenic
霜 shuāng HSK 6
frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface