sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop); lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
trad. 說葡萄酸
Also written 說葡萄酸【shuō pú tao suān】
Characters in this word
4说
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to persuade
- Pinyin
- shuì
- Traditional
- 說
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 19 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
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