三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
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1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
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2 tight-lipped
不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
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1 not to be crushed (idiom)
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2 to be determined to have one's revenge
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
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1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
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2 fig. a drop in the ocean
交口称誉
jiāo kǒu chēng yù
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1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
以免借口
yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu
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1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
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1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
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2 malicious and duplicitous
俗谚口碑
sú yàn kǒu bēi
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1 common sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
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1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
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2 to blurt sth out
出口成章
chū kǒu chéng zhāng
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1 (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
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2 articulate
千里寄鹅毛
qiān lǐ jì é máo
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1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
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2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
千里送鹅毛
qiān lǐ sòng é máo
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1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
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1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛,礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
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1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
千里鹅毛
qiān lǐ é máo
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1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
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2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qiān lǐ sòng é máo]
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
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1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
口口声声
kǒu kou shēng shēng
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1 to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
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1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
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2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi
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1 duplicity
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2 hypocrisy (idiom)
口无择言
kǒu wú zé yán
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1 to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom)
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2 wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kǒu bù zé yán]