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This introduction highlights the idiom 「妄口巴舌」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

A metaphor for talking nonsense. Sometimes it also refers to spreading rumors and slander.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wàng kǒu bā shé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mong5 hau2 ba1 sit3

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