Idioms describing flavors

Many mouths are hard to adjust

Pinyin: zhòng kǒu nán tiáo

Explanation: The original meaning is that people have different tastes, and it is hard to make one kind of meal so that all of them will find it delicious. The metaphor is that it is difficult to make all people satisfied with something.

Source: Song Ouyang Xiu, "Returning to the Field," Volume 1: "Complementing Zhongshan's gun, although it is curved to the best of its ability; and Fu said that the soup, it is really difficult to adjust to the mouths of the people."

Bié yǒu fēng wèi

Interpretation: flavor: originally refers to a good taste, extended to the characteristics of something. Another kind of good flavor. Metaphorically, it refers to the special color or interest that something has in addition.

Mackerel

Pinyin: shí yú yù qīng

Interpretation: A metaphor for changing flavors so as not to be monotonous. Mackerel is a delicious combination of fish and meat.