竹筒倒豆子

Mandarin · pinyin zhú tǒng dào dòu zi

Meanings

  1. like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube (metaphor for blurting everything out at once)
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竹
zhú · bamboo; flute; Kangxi radical 118
筒
tǒng · thick piece of bamboo; pipe
倒
dào · fall over; lie down; take turns
豆
dòu · beans, peas; bean-shaped; Kangxi radical 151
子
zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
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2–3–4–4–5 · zhu2 tong3 dao4 dou4 zi5

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zuk1 tung2 dou2 dau2 zi2

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竹筒倒豆子 · zhu2 tong3 dao4 dou4 zi5
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Exact source record竹筒倒豆子 竹筒倒豆子 [zhu2 tong3 dao4 dou4 zi5] /like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube (metaphor for blurting everything out at once)/