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吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸

chī bù dào pú tao shuō pú tao suān

9-character word Traditional 吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸

What 吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸 means

1. sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop)
2. lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them

The characters in 吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
• 葡púused in 葡萄
• 萄táoused in 葡萄
• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 葡púused in 葡萄
• 萄táoused in 葡萄
• 酸suānsour; tart; sick at heart