病从口入 — Chinese idiom
病从口入
bìng cóng kǒu rù
Traditional: 病從口入
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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