(metaphorical) punching bag; undeserving target of sb's wrath
trad. 出氣筒
Also written 出氣筒【chū qì tǒng】
Characters in this word
3出
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to go out; to come out, to arise; to occur, to produce; to yield, to go beyond; to exceed, (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result), classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- Pinyin
- chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 328 of 2500
气
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gas; air, smell, weather, to make angry; to annoy; to get angry, vital energy; qi
- Pinyin
- qì
- Traditional
- 氣
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2219 of 2500
筒
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tube, cylinder, to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
- Pinyin
- tǒng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 21925 of 2500