口无择言 — Chinese idiom
口无择言
kǒu wú zé yán
Traditional: 口無擇言
Meaning
- to say not a word that is not appropriate
- wrongly used for 口不择言 (kǒu bù zé yán)
Character by character
- 口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 择zéto select, to choose
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
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
- 口干舌燥 kǒu gān shé zào
- 口口声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng
- 口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi
- 口碑流传 kǒu bēi liú chuán
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