咋舌
zhà shé
Pinyin

Definition

咋舌
 - 
zhà shé
  1. to be speechless
  2. also pr. [zé shé]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zěn me]
shé zhàn
  1. 1 verbal sparring
  2. 2 duel of words
shé tou
  1. 1 tongue
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
qī zuǐ bā shé
  1. 1 lively discussion with everybody talking at once
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much

Idioms (14)

口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
如簧之舌
rú huáng zhī shé
  1. 1 lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a glib tongue
巧舌如簧
qiǎo shé rú huáng
  1. 1 lit. to have a tongue like a reed (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have a glib tongue
弄嘴弄舌
nòng zuǐ nòng shé
  1. 1 to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
张口结舌
zhāng kǒu jié shé
  1. 1 agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words
  2. 2 gaping and speechless