发泄 fāxiè to give vent to (one's feelings)
How to remember 发泄: 发 send out + 泄 drip = to give vent to (one's feelings).
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How it is used
- 'To vent / give vent to (pent-up emotion)' - 发泄情绪 (fāxiè qíngxù) to let off steam, 发泄不满 to vent one's frustration.
- About releasing bottled-up feelings (anger, stress), sometimes destructively: 拿别人发泄 (to take it out on others). The 泄 = to let out/leak.