zhú
tǒng
dào
dòu
zi

idiom
proverb

Meaning of 竹筒倒豆子

竹筒倒豆子 means to tell everything without concealment; to lay all one's cards on the table. Pronounced zhú tǒng dào dòu zi.

  • to tell everything without concealment; to lay all one's cards on the table

Definitions & Examples

wéi
rén
zhí
shuǎng
 
shuō
huà
xiàng
zhú
tǒng
dào
dòu
zi
 
cóng
guǎi
wān
jiǎo
 

He is straightforward by nature, speaking frankly like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, never beating around the bush.

yǐn
mán
 
shì
qing
zhú
tǒng
dào
dòu
zi
bān
quán
shuō
chū
lái
ba
 

You don't need to hide it; just lay everything out frankly like beans from a bamboo tube.

xìng
zhí
shuài
 
xīn
li
yǒu
shén
me
jiù
zhú
tǒng
dào
dòu
zi
shì
de
dào
chū
lái
 

She has a frank personality, pouring out whatever is on her mind like beans from a bamboo tube.