发牢骚 meaning in English

fāláosāo

to whine; to be grouchy

Traditional 發牢騷24 strokes

Meaning of 发牢骚

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fāláosāo
  1. to whine
  2. to be grouchy

发牢骚 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ老lǎo是shì发fā牢láo骚sāo。
Tom complains all the time.
停tíng止zhǐ发fā牢láo骚sāo吧ba。
Stop grumbling.
行xíng动dòng比bǐ语yǔ言yán更gèng有yǒu说shuō服fú力lì。别bié发fā牢láo骚sāo多duō做zuò事shì。
Actions speak louder than words. Stop complaining and do it.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes

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牢 láo · pen · 7 strokes

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骚 sāo · to annoy · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 发牢骚.

发现fāxiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
头发tóufahair (on the head)
发生fāshēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl
发展fāzhǎndevelopment; growth
发出fāchūto issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let ou
发明fāmíngto invent; an invention
沙发shāfā(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
发表fābiǎoto issue; to publish
发动fādòngto start; to launch
发送fāsòngto transmit; to dispatch
开发kāifāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

Questions about 发牢骚

What does 发牢骚 mean?

发牢骚 (fāláosāo) means "to whine; to be grouchy".

How do you write 发牢骚?

发牢骚 is made of 3 characters: 发 (5 strokes), 牢 (7 strokes), 骚 (12 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

How is 发牢骚 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 发牢骚 is written 發牢騷.