吐苦水 - to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth, fig. to complain bitterly, to pour out one's sufferings - tǔ kǔ shuǐ | Definition | ChinesePod.com

吐苦水

tǔ kǔ shuǐ

Pinyin

Definition

吐苦水

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tǔ kǔ shuǐ

to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth
fig. to complain bitterly
to pour out one's sufferings

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tǔ

1 to spit
2 to put
3 to say

Shuǐ

1 surname Shui

shuǐ píng

1 level (of achievement etc)
2 standard
3 horizontal

shuǐ guǒ

1 fruit
2 classifier: 个 gè

Shuǐ píng zuò

1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

Idioms (20)

一清如水

yī qīng rú shuǐ

1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible

一碗水端平

yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
2 fig. to be impartial

一点水一个泡

yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào

1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)

三个和尚没水喝

sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē

1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

不胜其苦

bù shèng qí kǔ

1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)