| 吐苦水 |
tǔ kǔ shuǐ |
to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth / fig. to complain bitterly / to pour out one's sufferings |
| 吐 |
tǔ |
to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) |
| 吐 |
tù |
to vomit / to throw up |
| 苦 |
kǔ |
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly |
| 苦水 |
kǔ shuǐ |
bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui / Shui ethnic group |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |