Definition
牢骚 denotes petty, repetitive complaints or grumbling, often used in the phrase 发牢骚 'to vent'. It is more informal and trivial than 意见 (yì jiàn, HSK4), which can mean a constructive 'complaint' or 'objection'; 怨言 (yuàn yán, HSK7) is a more general 'complaint' without the trivial connotation.
noun
complaintsgrumblingdiscontent (often in 发牢骚 'to complain')
Examples
- 牢骚，。Tā láo sāo tèbié duō, zhěngtiān bàoyuàn zhège bàoyuàn nàgè.He has a lot of complaints, complaining about this and that all day long.
- 牢骚，。Nǐ yǒu láo sāo jiù zhí shuō, bié biē zài xīnli.If you have complaints, say it outright; don't bottle them up.
- 牢骚。Zhèxiē láo sāo tā yǐjīng shuō le hǎo jǐ biàn le.He has gone over these complaints several times already.
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