huì sè
difficult to understand
cryptic
gān sè
dry and rough (skin)
hoarse (voice)
dry and heavy (style)
kǔ sè
bitter and astringent
pained
agonized
sè
astringent
tart
acerbity
unsmooth
rough (surface)
hard to understand
obscure
náng zhōng xiū sè
to be embarrassingly short of money
sè wèi
acerbic (taste)
astringent
tuō sè
to remove astringent taste
jiān shēn huì sè
abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)
zhuō sè
clumsy and incomprehensible
botched writing
nè sè
clumsy in speech
tongue tied
shēng sè
unripe
tart
not fully proficient
somewhat shaky
jiǎn sè
awkward
lame
difficulty (esp. in moving)
not smooth
suān sè
sour
acrid
(fig.) bitter
painful
qīng sè
underripe
(fig.) young and inexperienced