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niàn to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"
shé tongue
舌头 shé tou tongue / CL:個|个[ge4] / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
火辣辣 huǒ scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning / (of one's mood) agitated; heated; intense / (of a personality) fiery; sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot
朗朗上口 lǎng lǎng shàng kǒu to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry) / to recite with ease / catchy (of a song)
嘴尖 zuǐ jiān sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food
口干舌燥 kǒu gān shé zào lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
病从口入 bìng cóng kǒu Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
五官 guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
人言籍籍 rén yán tongues are wagging (idiom)
慎言 shèn yán to speak cautiously / to guard one's tongue
三寸不烂之舌 sān cùn làn zhī shé to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab
如簧之舌 huáng zhī shé lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom) / fig. a glib tongue
口误 kǒu to misspeak; to get one's words mixed up / a slip of the tongue
住嘴 zhù zuǐ to hold one's tongue / Shut up!
走嘴 zǒu zuǐ a slip of the tongue / to blurt out (a secret or stupid mistake)
拗口令 ào kǒu lìng tongue twister
优孟 Yōu Mèng You Meng, famous court jester during the reign of King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王[Chu3 Zhuang1 wang2], known for his intelligence and sharp tongue
拙嘴笨舌 zhuō zuǐ bèn shé lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
母语 native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language
议论纷纷 lùn fēn fēn to discuss spiritedly (idiom) / tongues are wagging
动嘴皮 dòng zuǐ to move one's lips / to wag one's tongue
嘴欠 zuǐ qiàn (coll.) unable to control one's tongue / prone to say sth nasty
失言 shī yán slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret


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