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Learn about the idiom 「枉口拔舌」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

metaphor for talking nonsense. It usually refers to spreading rumors and causing trouble, and malicious slander.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wǎng kǒu bá shé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wong2 hau2 bat6 sit3

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