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Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「貧嘴賤舌」, explained here.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「貧嘴賤舌」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

It means talking a lot and being sarcastic and mean, which makes people disgusted.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

pín zuǐ jiàn shé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

pan4 jeui2 jin6 sit3

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