唇枪舌战 (唇槍舌戰)
chún qiāng shé zhàn
Pinyin

Definition

唇枪舌战 (唇槍舌戰)
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chún qiāng shé zhàn
  1. war of words

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

唇
chún
  1. 1 lip
唇膏
chún gāo
  1. 1 lip balm
  2. 2 lipstick
嘴唇
zuǐ chún
  1. 1 lip
  2. 2 classifier: 片 piàn
舌战
shé zhàn
  1. 1 verbal sparring
  2. 2 duel of words
舌头
shé tou
  1. 1 tongue
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information

Idioms (20)

反唇相讥
fǎn chún xiāng jī
  1. 1 to answer back sarcastically (idiom)
  2. 2 to retort
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
唇亡齿寒
chún wáng chǐ hán
  1. 1 lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
唇齿
chún chǐ
  1. 1 lit. lips and teeth (idiom); fig. close partners
  2. 2 interdependent
唇齿相依
chún chǐ xiāng yī
  1. 1 lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom); closely related
  2. 2 interdependent