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Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「貧嘴惡舌」, explained below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「貧嘴惡舌」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

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 è shé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

pan4 jeui2 ok3 sit3

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.