咋舌
zhà shé
Pinyin
Definition
咋舌
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- to be speechless
- also pr. [zé shé]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (14)
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
弄嘴弄舌
- 1 to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
张口结舌
- 1 agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words
- 2 gaping and speechless