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酒后吐真言

jiǔ hòu tǔ zhēn yándictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
after wine, spit out the truth / in vino veritas
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-05f47760da6b92ad. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

酒後吐真言 酒后吐真言 [jiu3 hou4 tu3 zhen1 yan2] /after wine, spit out the truth/in vino veritas/

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Other forms in these source records: 酒後吐真言

  • 酒
    jiǔ

    wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL:杯[bēi],瓶[píng],罐[guàn],桶[tǒng],缸[gāng]

  • 后
    hòu

    empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler / back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

    Hòu

    surname Hou

  • 吐
    tǔ

    to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances)

    tù

    to vomit / to throw up

  • 真
    zhēn

    really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine

  • 言
    yán

    words / speech / to say / to talk

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.