1 to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)
倾心吐胆
qīng xīn tǔ dǎn
1 to pour out one's heart (idiom)
口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
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 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
2 hoist with his own petard
吞吞吐吐
tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
2 to speak and break off, then start again
3 to hold sth back
吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
普度众生
pǔ dù zhòng shēng
1 (Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)
普济众生
pǔ jì zhòng shēng
1 universal mercy and succor (idiom); the Buddha's infinite power and mercy
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel