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吐苦水

tǔ kǔ shuǐ

3-character word

What 吐苦水 means

1. to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth
2. fig. to complain bitterly
3. to pour out one's sufferings

The characters in 吐苦水

• 吐tùto vomit; to throw up
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

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