口干舌燥 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. dry mouth and tongue ; to talk too much

Character by character

• 口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening
• 干gānarid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 舌shétongue; bell clapper
• 燥zàoarid, dry, parched; quick-tempered

Idioms sharing a character

• 三缄其口 sān jiān qí kǒu
• 交口称誉 jiāo kǒu chēng yù
• 佛口蛇心 fó kǒu shé xīn
• 俗谚口碑 sú yàn kǒu bēi
• 信口开河 xìn kǒu kāi hé
• 出口成章 chū kǒu chéng zhāng
• 口口声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng
• 口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi
• 口无择言 kǒu wú zé yán
• 口碑流传 kǒu bēi liú chuán

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