Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 吐

to spit
to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc)
to say
to pour out (one's grievances)

to vomit
to throw up

to spurn
to reject

(of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk

diction; enunciation
(opera) to pronounce the words correctly

to pour forth (one's opinions)

to regurgitate
(fig.) (of a stock market) to give up (gains)

to induce vomiting

to burst into bloom

to take in and send out (in large quantities)

Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet
the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD
also pr. ( Tǔfān)

to spit
to expectorate

style of conversation

ipecac

saliva
spittle

to spit
fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc)

morning sickness (during pregnancy)

to pour out (emotions)
to unburden oneself (of strong feelings)
to vomit comprehensively

to reveal the truth
to spill the beans

to have the ears of grain come up

(slang) to roast; to ridicule
also pr. (tǔcáo)

to vomit

to cough up blood
(coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc)

to tell
to disclose
to reveal

sliced bread (loanword from "toast")

to exhale
to blow off steam
(phonetics) aspirated

variant of 吐槽 (tùcáo)

cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior

Tuyuhun, nomadic people related to the Xianbei 鮮卑／鲜卑 ( Xiānbēi)
a state in Qinghai in 4th-7th century AD

vomit

(slang) (of a character) to reappear in a story line after having been supposedly killed off
cf. 領盒飯／领盒饭 (lǐnghéfàn)

turkey

to stick out one's tongue

unaspirated

Tuvalu, island country in the SW Pacific (Tw)

an emetic

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

Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)

throughput

qīngtǔzhōngcháng

to pour out (emotions)
to pour one's heart out
to say everything that is on one's mind

Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)

to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
to blow cigarette or opium smoke

qīngxīntǔdǎn

to pour out one's heart (idiom)

yītǔwéikuài

to get sth off one's chest

Tǔhuǒluórén

Tokharian people of central Asia

Tǔbō Wángcháo

Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD

lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
to speak angrily to sb (idiom)

chuòshítǔbǔ

to stop eating and spit out

shàngtùxiàxiè

to vomit and have diarrhea

qīngtǔxiōngyì

to pour out one's heart

to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)

Tùcáo Dàhuì

Roast! (PRC comedy series)

to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
to speak and break off, then start again
to hold sth back

(finance) profit-taking

apatosaurus
former name: brontosaurus
also called 雷龍／雷龙 (léilóng)

lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子／庄子 ( Zhuāngzǐ)); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
hoist with his own petard

Mǎkè· Tǔwēn

[馬克·吐溫]

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835-1910), US writer, novelist and humorist, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克貝利·芬歷險記／哈克贝利·芬历险记 ( Hākèbèilì· Fēn Lìxiǎn Jì)

Tǔlǔfān Péndì

吐鲁番盆地

[吐魯番盆地]

the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang

jiǔhòutǔzhēnyán

酒后吐真言

[酒後吐真言]

after wine, spit out the truth
in vino veritas

chīrénbùtǔgǔtóu

吃人不吐骨头

[吃人不吐骨頭]

ruthless
vicious and greedy

Kùmùtǔlāqiānfódòng

库木吐拉千佛洞

[庫木吐拉千佛洞]

Kumutula thousand-Buddha grotto in Kuqa, Xinjiang

gǒuzuǐlitǔbùchūxiàngyá

狗嘴里吐不出象牙

[狗嘴裏吐不出象牙]

lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel