出气洞

出氣洞

chūqìdòng

idiom

Meanings

1 (fig.) scapegoat; the person others vent on for no good reason
2 a punching bag (in the emotional sense)

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Examples

他心情不好就拿我当出气洞。

Tā xīnqíng bù hǎo jiù ná wǒ dàng chūqìdòng.

When he's in a bad mood he uses me as his punching bag.

新来的实习生老是当出气洞，挺可怜的。

Xīn lái de shíxíshēng lǎoshì dāng chūqìdòng, tǐng kělián de.

The new intern is always the scapegoat — it's quite pitiful.

Tips

usage

出气洞 is close to 出气筒 (lit. "vent pipe") but slightly less common. Both describe the person people take their anger out on.

Stroke Order

出 chū

气 qì

洞 dòng