急嘴急舌
jí zuǐ jí shé
Pinyin
Definition
急嘴急舌
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- lit. quick mouth and quick tongue
- fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece
- to chime in rapidly
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc
- 2 grinning from ear to ear
- 3 mouth agape
- 4 gobsmacked
- 1 urgent
- 2 pressing
- 3 rapid
- 4 hurried
- 5 worried
- 6 to make (sb) anxious
- 1 eager to
- 2 in a hurry to
Idioms (20)
倒悬之急
- 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
刀子嘴,豆腐心
- 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
口干舌燥
- 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短
- 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
嘴快心直
- 1 outspoken and frank (idiom)