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Here, we present the idiom 「舌敝唇焦」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Bi: broken; Jiao: dry. My tongue is sore and my lips are dry from talking so much. Describes the effort of talking a lot.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shé bì chún jiāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sit3 bai6 seun4 jiu1

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