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竹筒倒豆子

Mandarin · pinyin zhú tǒng dào dòu zi

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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