牢骚 meaning in English

láosāo

discontent; complaint

Traditional 牢騷19 strokes

Meaning of 牢骚

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

láosāo
  1. discontent
  2. complaint
  3. to complain

牢骚 in example sentences

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

我wǒ猜cāi我wǒ能néng老lǎo实shí地dì坐zuò在zài这zhè更gèng久jiǔ,不bù发fā一yī句jù牢láo骚sāo,而ér不bù像xiàng你nǐ。
I bet I can sit here longer without saying a thing than you can.
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.
每měi人rén心xīn里lǐ都dōu有yǒu牢láo骚sāo。
Everyone has something that's troubling him.

Stroke order for each character

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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 牢骚.

骚扰sāorǎoto disturb; to cause a commotion
骚乱sāoluàndisturbance; riot; to create a disturbance
牢牢láoláofirmly; safely
牢记láojìto keep in mind; to remember
牢固láogùfirm; secure
亡羊补牢wángyáng-bǔláolit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly
坐牢zuòláoto be imprisoned
牢房láofángjail cell; prison cell
性骚扰xìngsāorǎosexual harassment
地牢dìláoprison; dungeon
骚动sāodòngdisturbance; uproar; to become restless
骚货sāohuòloose woman; slut

Questions about 牢骚

What does 牢骚 mean?

牢骚 (láosāo) means "discontent; complaint".

How do you write 牢骚?

牢骚 is made of 2 characters: 牢 (7 strokes), 骚 (12 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

How is 牢骚 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 牢骚 is written 牢騷.