竹筒倒豆子 zhú tǒng dǎo dòu zi

to come clean; to make a clean breast of things

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
竹 zhú HSK 5
bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
筒 tǒng HSK 6
tube; cylinder
倒 dǎo HSK 4
to pour; however; contrary to expectation
豆 dòu HSK 5
bean; pea; variant of 豆dòu
子 zi HSK 1
(noun suffix); son; child