轻嘴薄舌 — Chinese idiom
轻嘴薄舌
qīng zuǐ bó shé
Traditional: 輕嘴薄舌
Meaning
- lit. light mouth, thin tongue ; hasty and rude
- caustic and sharp-tongued
Character by character
- 轻qīnglight, gentle; simple, easy
- 嘴zuǐmouth, lips
- 薄bóthin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
- 舌shétongue; bell clapper
Idioms sharing a character
- 不知轻重 bù zhī qīng zhòng
- 人微言轻 rén wēi yán qīng
- 问鼎轻重 wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
- 年轻力壮 nián qīng lì zhuàng
- 年轻气盛 nián qīng qì shèng
- 掉以轻心 diào yǐ qīng xīn
- 文人相轻 wén rén xiāng qīng
- 举足轻重 jǔ zú qīng zhòng
- 轻口薄舌 qīng kǒu bó shé
- 轻手轻脚 qīng shǒu qīng jiǎo
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