sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid
酸
=
夋
+
酉
:
The rooster (酉) and Susan Saint Bernard (su) where once friends, but recently they haven been fighting over a lover. Because they are both wuxia (夋) superheroes, they have been fighting for three days in front of the anthill (an1) without determining a winner. Finally they decide to settle their sour (酸) dispute and share a tart (酸) tarte to renew their friendship.
甜
=
甘
+
舌
:
In the anthill's kitchen (an2), mother Theresa (ti) and the cow (甘) lick each other with their tongues (舌) and find that they are super sweet (甜).
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly
苦
=
艹
+
古
:
Karl Koala decided to repent for his sins and retreated into a cloister inside the space station. There he leads a very simple life full of hardship, e.g. he gave up on eucalyptus and just eats very bitter artificial lawn.
辣
=
束
+
辛
:
Lancelot (l) wants to concoct a hot and spicy (辣) broth in the ashram's bathroom (a4), so he prepares a bundle of firewood (束) and puts a kettle on it. He fills the kettle with kimchi (辛) to make a hot and spicy soup.
hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn
辣
=
束
+
辛
:
Lancelot (l) wants to concoct a hot and spicy (辣) broth in the ashram's bathroom (a4), so he prepares a bundle of firewood (束) and puts a kettle on it. He fills the kettle with kimchi (辛) to make a hot and spicy soup.