suān​pú​tao

sour grapes

  • created sense approved 酸葡萄 · suān​pú​tao · sour grapes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    酸葡萄

    suān​pú​tao

    sour grapes

    sour grapes; used to describe the attitude of someone who pretends to dislike something they cannot have

    酸 (literal) → 酸 · suān · sour 葡萄 (literal) → 葡萄 · pú​tao · grape

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

    created sense