信口开河 — Chinese idiom
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
Traditional: 信口開河
Meaning
- to speak without thinking
- to blurt sth out
Character by character
- 信xìnto trust, to believe; letter, sign
- 口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin
- 河hériver, stream; the Yellow river
Idioms sharing a character
- 信心百倍 xìn xīn bǎi bèi
- 半信半疑 bàn xìn bàn yí
- 深信不疑 shēn xìn bù yí
- 无征不信 wú zhēng bù xìn
- 破除迷信 pò chú mí xìn
- 背信弃义 bèi xìn qì yì
- 言而有信 yán ér yǒu xìn
- 言而无信 yán ér wú xìn
- 难以置信 nán yǐ zhì xìn
- 三缄其口 sān jiān qí kǒu
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