竹筒倒豆子

Traditional form:

竹筒倒豆子

Pinyin (reading):

zhútǒngdàodòuzi

Definitions:

• to pour beans out of a bamboo tube
• (fig.) to come clean; to make a clean breast of things

Characters:

• 竹 - bamboo; flute
• 筒 - tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
• 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 竹 - bamboo; flute
• 筒 - tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
• 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing