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Chinese idioms like 「急不擇言」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.

Learn about the idiom 「急不擇言」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Too anxious to choose a word, used to describe speaking in a very urgent or nervous manner.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jí bù zé yán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gap1 bat1 jaak6 yin4

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