4 characters Idiom and proverb 10 94

Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「赤口白舌」.

The idiom 「赤口白舌」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

Red: fiery red. Describes vicious words and hurtful remarks.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chì kǒu bái shé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chek3 hau2 baak6 sit3

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