We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「多嘴多舌」, explained below.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「多嘴多舌」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Lots of mouths, lots of tongues. Describes the act of butting in others’ affairs and spreading rumors.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
duō zuǐ duō shé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
do1 jeui2 do1 sit3
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