tǔbǔ
to spit out food
吐哺 tǔ//bǔ
- to spit out food
- to spit out food while eating; to regurgitate
- to welcome scholars
- to be eager to recruit talented people, alluding to the story of the Duke of Zhou who interrupted his meals multiple times to welcome visiting scholars; often used in the phrase 周公吐哺 zhōugōngtǔbǔ