口干舌燥 — Chinese idiom
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
Traditional: 口乾舌燥
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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