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Free Chinese learning materials for you! This series uncovers idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning. Let’s break down 「有口無心」 and its usage.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「有口無心」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

I said that, but I didn’t mean it that way. It means that it was not said intentionally.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǒu kǒu wú xīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yau5 hau2 mou4 sam1

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