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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

zuǐ kuài xīn zhí

1 outspoken and frank (idiom)

嘴甜心苦

zuǐ tián xīn kǔ

1 sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery

弄嘴弄舌

nòng zuǐ nòng shé

1 to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)

Sample Sentences

唉，那些没有互联网，朋友间还能拌嘴的日子多令人向往呀！使用搜寻引擎让人不记得一些知识，而是记得如何得到这些信息。

ài ，nàxiē méiyǒu hùliánwǎng ，péngyou jiān hái néng bànzuǐ de rìzi duō lìng rén xiàngwǎng ya ！shǐyòng sōuxún yǐnqíng ràngrén bù jìde yīxiē zhīshi ，érshì jìde rúhé dédào zhèxiē xìnxī 。

Ah, those days without the internet. It makes people so nostalgic to think back to the days when friends could bicker over these things! Using search engines makes people forget their knowledge, and instead just remember how to access this information.

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