sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop); lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
trad. 吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸
Also written 吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸【chī bù dào pú tao shuō pú tao suān】
Characters in this word
7吃
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to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 143 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
到
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to reach; to arrive, to leave for; to go to, to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point), (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point), considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- Pinyin
- dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 48 of 2500
葡
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Portugal, Portuguese, abbr. for 葡萄牙[Pu2 tao2 ya2]
- Pinyin
- Pú
- Strokes
- 12
萄
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used in 葡萄[pu2 tao5]
- Pinyin
- táo
- Strokes
- 11
说
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to persuade
- Pinyin
- shuì
- Traditional
- 說
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 19 of 2500
酸
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sour, tart, sick at heart, grieved, sore, aching, pedantic, impractical, to make sarcastic remarks about sb, an acid
- Pinyin
- suān
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 10275 of 2500