偶语弃市 — Chinese idiom

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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