吐絮
tǔ xù
Pinyin

Definition

吐絮
 - 
tǔ xù
  1. cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吐
tǔ
  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 to put
  3. 3 to say
吐槽
tù cáo
  1. 1 (slang) to roast
  2. 2 to ridicule
  3. 3 also pr. [tǔ cáo]
絮语
xù yǔ
  1. 1 to chatter incessantly
吐司
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
吐露
tǔ lù
  1. 1 to tell
  2. 2 to disclose
  3. 3 to reveal
呕吐
ǒu tù
  1. 1 to vomit
絮叨
xù dao
  1. 1 long-winded
  2. 2 garrulous
  3. 3 to talk endlessly without getting to the point
花絮
huā xù
  1. 1 bits of news
  2. 2 interesting sidelights
谈吐
tán tǔ
  1. 1 style of conversation
一吐为快
yī tǔ wéi kuài
  1. 1 to get sth off one's chest
催吐
cuī tù
  1. 1 emetic
倾吐
qīng tǔ
  1. 1 to pour out (emotions)
  2. 2 to unburden oneself (of strong feelings)
  3. 3 to vomit comprehensively
吐口
tǔ kǒu
  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc)
吐嘈
tù cáo
  1. 1 variant of 吐槽[tù cáo]
吐字
tǔ zì
  1. 1 diction
  2. 2 enunciation
  3. 3 to pronounce the words correctly (in opera)
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
吐气
tǔ qì
  1. 1 to exhale
  2. 2 to blow off steam
  3. 3 (phonetics) aspirated
吐沫
tù mo
  1. 1 saliva
  2. 2 spittle
吐痰
tǔ tán
  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 to expectorate
吐丝
tǔ sī
  1. 1 (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk

Idioms (10)

不吐不快
bù tǔ bù kuài
  1. 1 to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)
倾心吐胆
qīng xīn tǔ dǎn
  1. 1 to pour out one's heart (idiom)
口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
  1. 1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
  2. 2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
吐丝自缚
tǔ sī zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist with his own petard
吞吞吐吐
tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
  1. 1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
  2. 2 to speak and break off, then start again
  3. 3 to hold sth back
吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
  1. 1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
  2. 2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
  1. 1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
  2. 2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
金玉其外，败絮其中
jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng
  1. 1 gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
金玉其表，败絮其中
jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng
  1. 1 gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

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