竹筒倒豆子 zhú tǒng dǎo dòu zi

DEFINITIONS

  1. to pour beans out of a bamboo tube
  2. to come clean
  3. to make a clean breast of things

CHARACTERS

竹 zhú
HSK 5
bamboo; flute; KangXi radical 118
筒 tǒng
HSK 6
thick piece of bamboo; pipe
倒 dǎo
HSK 4
fall over; lie down; take turns
豆 dòu
HSK 5
beans, peas; bean-shaped
子 zi
HSK 1
offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch