吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸

sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃[chi1]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

not to arrive / not reaching / insufficient / less than

to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive / (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough

Portugal / Portuguese / abbr. for 葡萄牙[Pu2 tao2 ya2]

used in 葡萄[pu2 tao5]

grape

used in 葡萄[pu2 tao5]

to persuade

to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

variant of 說|说[shuo1]

to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine

sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them

sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid