七嘴八舌
qī zuǐ bā shé
Pinyin

Definition

七嘴八舌
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qī zuǐ bā shé
  1. lively discussion with everybody talking at once

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

七
qī
  1. 1 seven
  2. 2 7
八
bā
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
嘴
zuǐ
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 beak
  3. 3 nozzle
  4. 4 spout (of teapot etc)
  5. 5 classifier: 张 zhāng
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
七七八八
qī qī bā bā
  1. 1 almost
  2. 2 nearing completion
  3. 3 bits and piece
  4. 4 of all kinds
七上八下
qī shàng bā xià
  1. 1 at sixes and sevens
  2. 2 perturbed state of mind
  3. 3 in a mess

Idioms (20)

七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation

Sample Sentences

我的朋友们七嘴八舌地聊天。
wǒ de péngyou men qīzuǐbāshé de liáotiān 。
My friends chatted enthusiastically with everyone talking over each other.
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七嘴八舌
qīzuǐbāshé
Everyone talking at the same time.
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我的同学七嘴八舌地讨论作业。
wǒ de tóngxué qīzuǐbāshé de tǎolùn zuòyè 。
My classmates discussed the homework eagerly.
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老师刚说完，大家就七嘴八舌地讨论起来了。
lǎoshī gāng shuōwán ，dàjiā jiù qīzuǐbāshé de tǎolùn qǐlái le 。
The teacher finished talking, and everyone began to discuss all at once.
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朋友们七嘴八舌地帮我出主意，我更不知道该怎么办了。
péngyǒu men qīzuǐbāshé de bāng wǒ chū zhǔyi ，wǒ gèng bù zhīdào gāi zěnme bàn le 。
My friends all spoke at once when helping to give me ideas. Now I really don't know what I should do.
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公司里人太多了，七嘴八舌的，容易造成误会。
gōngsī lǐ rén tài duō le ，qīzuǐbāshé de ，róngyì zàochéng wùhuì 。
There are too many people in the company. With everyone talking at the same time, it's easy for there to be miscommunication.
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七嘴八舌
qīzuǐbāshé
chatter, lots of people talking at the same time
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