"Complain" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 投诉 | tóu sù | complaint / to complain / to register a complaint (esp. as a customer) |  |
| 抱怨 | bào yuàn | to complain / to grumble / to harbor a complaint / to feel dissatisfied |  |
| 埋怨 | mán yuàn | to complain / to grumble (about) / to reproach / to blame | |
| 牢骚 | láo sāo | discontent / complaint / to complain | |
| 告状 | gào zhuàng | to tell on sb / to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc) / to bring a lawsuit | |
| 叫苦 | jiào kǔ | to whine about hardships / to complain of one's bitter lot / to complain / to grumble | |
| 诉苦 | sù kǔ | to grumble / to complain / grievance | |
| 诉 |  sù | to complain / to sue / to tell | |
| 诉冤 | sù yuān | to complain / to vent one's grievances | |
| 诼 | zhuó | to complain | |
| 愬 | sù | complain / sue / tell | |
| 犯嘀咕 | fàn dí gu | to hesitate / to have second thoughts / to be concerned / to brood (over sth) / to complain | |
| 嗔怨 | chēn yuàn | to complain / to reproach | |
| 怨叹 | yuàn tàn | to complain / to grumble | |
| 尽管 | jǐn guǎn | despite / although / even though / in spite of / unhesitatingly / do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc) / (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 哭诉 | kū sù | to lament / to complain tearfully / to wail accusingly | |
| 叫苦不迭 | jiào kǔ bu dié | to complain without stopping (idiom) / to bitch endlessly / incessant grievances | |
| 叫屈 | jiào qū | to complain of an injustice / to lament sb's misfortune | |
| 哭穷 | kū qióng | to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor | |
| 生不逢时 | shēng bù féng shí | born at the wrong time (idiom) / unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time | |
| 吐苦水 | tǔ kǔ shuǐ | to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth / fig. to complain bitterly / to pour out one's sufferings | |
| 嘟哝不平 | dū nong bù píng | to constantly complain (idiom) | |
| 怨命 | yuàn mìng | to complain about one's fate / to bemoan one's lot | |
| 装穷叫苦 | zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ | to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom) | |
| 鸣冤叫屈 | míng yuān jiào qū | to complain bitterly | |
| 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 | duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng | lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) / fig. to complain despite being privileged / to be ungrateful for what one has been given | |
| 客诉 | kè sù | customer complaint / to complain about a company's product or service | |
| 主诉 | zhǔ sù | (medicine) to complain of / a patient's brief account of their illness / (law) main suit / principal claim | |
| 无病呻吟 | wú bìng - shēn yín | (idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick / to feign illness / to complain without cause / (of writing) to indulge in confected sentimentality | |
