急嘴急舌
jí zuǐ jí shé
Pinyin

Definition

急嘴急舌
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jí zuǐ jí shé
  1. lit. quick mouth and quick tongue
  2. fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece
  3. to chime in rapidly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

hé bù lǒng zuǐ
  1. 1 unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc
  2. 2 grinning from ear to ear
  3. 3 mouth agape
  4. 4 gobsmacked
zuǐ
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 beak
  3. 3 nozzle
  4. 4 spout (of teapot etc)
  5. 5 classifier: 张 zhāng
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
zuǐ ba
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 classifier: 张 zhāng
  3. 3 slap in the face
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  1. 1 urgent
  2. 2 pressing
  3. 3 rapid
  4. 4 hurried
  5. 5 worried
  6. 6 to make (sb) anxious
jí yú
  1. 1 eager to
  2. 2 in a hurry to

Idioms (20)

倒悬之急
dào xuán zhī jí
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
刀子嘴,豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
嘴快心直
zuǐ kuài xīn zhí
  1. 1 outspoken and frank (idiom)