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Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「七舌八嘴」 below.

Today’s idiom is 「七舌八嘴」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

Describes a crowd of people talking at random. Same as “chatter”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qī shé bā zuǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chat1 sit3 baat3 jeui2

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