满腹牢骚

滿腹牢騷

mǎnfù-láosāo

idiom #49,872

Meanings

HSK 5

他对工作满腹牢骚，天天抱怨。

Tā duì gōngzuò mǎnfù-láosāo, tiāntiān bàoyuàn.

He's full of complaints about his job and grumbles every day.

HSK 5

她满腹牢骚地回到家，一进门就开始骂老板。

Tā mǎnfù-láosāo de huídào jiā, yí jìnmén jiù kāishǐ mà lǎobǎn.

She came home full of grievances and started cursing her boss the moment she walked in.

usage

牢骚 are grievances, and 满腹 "a bellyful of" takes other feelings too: 满腹委屈 "full of hurt", 满腹心事 "weighed down with worries".

满 mǎn

腹 fù

牢 láo

骚 sāo