Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「張口掉舌」.
Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「張口掉舌」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.
Refers to making speeches.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhāng kǒu diào shé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jeung1 hau2 diu6 sit3
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