苦水 kǔshuǐ

  1. kǔshuǐ noun bitter water
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: E.g. mineral water containing sulfates (CC-CEDICT '苦水')
  2. kǔshuǐ noun digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '苦水')
  3. kǔshuǐ noun suffering; bitter complaint
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '苦水')

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  • 倒苦水 to pour out one's grievances
  • 吐苦水 to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth; fig. to complain bitterly; to pour out one's sufferings

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