chū​qì​tǒng

punching bag

  • created reference approved 出气筒/出氣筒 → 出气包/出氣包 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    出气筒 / 出氣筒 chū​qì​tǒng

    出气包 / 出氣包 chū​qì​bāo

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 出气筒/出氣筒 · chū​qì​tǒng · punching bag — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    出气筒 / 出氣筒

    chū​qì​tǒng

    punching bag

    an undeserving target for someone's anger or frustration; a person used to vent one's spleen

    出气 (literal) → 出气/出氣 · chū​qì · to vent anger 筒 (literal) → 筒 · tǒng · tube

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense