卷舌元音 (捲舌元音)
juǎn shé yuán yīn
Pinyin
Definition
卷舌元音 (捲舌元音)
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- retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (19)
一元复始
- 1 a new year begins (idiom)
元恶大憝
- 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
口干舌燥
- 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
如簧之舌
- 1 lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom)
- 2 fig. a glib tongue
巧舌如簧
- 1 lit. to have a tongue like a reed (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have a glib tongue