病从口入 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• Illness enters by the mouth . Mind what you eat!
• fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

Character by character

• 病bìngsickness, illness, disease
• 从cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
• 口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening
• 入rùto enter, to come in; to join

Idioms sharing a character

• 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ
• 切中时病 qiè zhòng shí bìng
• 同病相怜 tóng bìng xiāng lián
• 丧心病狂 sàng xīn bìng kuáng
• 多愁多病 duō chóu duō bìng
• 无病呻吟 wú bìng shēn yín
• 生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ
• 病入膏肓 bìng rù gāo huāng
• 病国殃民 bìng guó yāng mín
• 病民害国 bìng mín hài guó

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