竹筒倒豆子 in English zhu2 tong3 dao4 dou4 zi5 Meaning

Meanings

• to pour beans out of a bamboo tube
• (metaphorically) to come clean
• to make a clean breast of things

Pinyin

zhu2 tong3 dao4 dou4 zi5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

竹zhu2bamboo 筒tong3tube 倒dao4to fall 豆dou4variant of 豆[dou4] 子zi5son