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Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「貧嘴滑舌」, with its explanation below.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「貧嘴滑舌」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

It means talking a lot and being sarcastic and mean, which makes people disgusted. Same as “chatterbox”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

pín zuǐ huá shé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

pan4 jeui2 waat6 sit3

Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.