竹筒倒豆子
zhú​tǒng​dào​dòu​zi

to withhold nothing

  • created sense approved 竹筒倒豆子 · zhú​tǒng​dào​dòu​zi · to withhold nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    竹筒倒豆子

    zhú​tǒng​dào​dòu​zi

    to withhold nothing

    (idiom) to blurt everything out at once, like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube; to tell the whole story without holding back

    竹筒 (literal) → 竹筒 · zhú​tǒng · bamboo tube 倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · to pour 豆子 (literal) → 豆子 · dòu​zi · bean

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