满腹牢骚 — Chinese idiom
满腹牢骚
mǎn fù láo sāo
Traditional: 滿腹牢騷
Meaning
- lit. belly full of complaints
- discontent
- always moaning and complaining
Character by character
- 满mǎnto fill; full, packed; satisfied
- 腹fùstomach, belly, abdomen; inside
- 牢láopen, prison, stable; fast, firm, secure
- 骚sāoto annoy, to bother; to disturb, to harrass
Idioms sharing a character
- 功完行满 gōng wán xíng mǎn
- 功德圆满 gōng dé yuán mǎn
- 名满天下 míng mǎn tiān xià
- 心满意足 xīn mǎn yì zú
- 志得意满 zhì dé yì mǎn
- 恶贯满盈 è guàn mǎn yíng
- 泪流满面 lèi liú mǎn miàn
- 满不在乎 mǎn bù zài hu
- 满坑满谷 mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ
- 满城风雨 mǎn chéng fēng yǔ
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