竹筒倒豆子

zhú tǒng dào dòu zi

Dictionary entry

like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube (metaphor for blurting everything out at once)

What does 竹筒倒豆子 mean?

竹筒倒豆子 (zhú tǒng dào dòu zi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube (metaphor for blurting everything out at once)

Character breakdown

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竹zhú(bound form) bamboo · Kangxi radical 118 筒tǒngtube · cylinder 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally · to fail; to go bankrupt 豆dòulegume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]) (variant of 豆[dou4])子zǐson · child

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