吐苦水
Traditional form:
吐苦水
Pinyin (reading):
tǔkǔshuǐ
Definitions:
- to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth
- fig. to complain bitterly
- to pour out one's sufferings
Characters:
- 吐 - to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say
- 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
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