偶语弃市 — Chinese idiom
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
Traditional: 偶語棄市
Meaning
- chance remarks can lead to public execution
Character by character
- 偶ǒuaccidentally, coincidently; mate, image, idol
- 语yǔwords, language; saying, expression
- 弃qìto abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to f
- 市shìcity, town; market, fair; to trade
Idioms sharing a character
- 偶一为之 ǒu yī wéi zhī
- 齐大非偶 qí dà fēi ǒu
- 一语不发 yī yǔ bù fā
- 一语中的 yī yǔ zhòng dì
- 一语成谶 yī yǔ chéng chèn
- 一语道破 yī yǔ dào pò
- 三言两语 sān yán liǎng yǔ
- 不言不语 bù yán bù yǔ
- 低声细语 dī shēng xì yǔ
- 冷言冷语 lěng yán lěng yǔ
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