舌根
shé gēn
Pinyin

Definition

舌根
 - 
shé gēn
  1. back of tongue
  2. tongue root
  3. dorsal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

根
gēn
  1. 1 root
  2. 2 basis
  3. 3 classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
  4. 4 classifier: 条 tiáo
  5. 5 radical (chemistry)
根据
gēn jù
  1. 1 according to
  2. 2 based on
  3. 3 basis
  4. 4 foundation
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
根本
gēn běn
  1. 1 fundamental
  2. 2 basic
  3. 3 root
  4. 4 simply
  5. 5 absolutely (not)
  6. 6 (not) at all
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
草根
cǎo gēn
  1. 1 grass roots (lit. and fig.)
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much

Idioms (20)

刨根问底
páo gēn wèn dǐ
  1. 1 to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
剪草除根
jiǎn cǎo chú gēn
  1. 1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
  2. 2 to eradicate
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
如簧之舌
rú huáng zhī shé
  1. 1 lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a glib tongue
寻根问底
xún gēn wèn dǐ
  1. 1 lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

Sample Sentences

哈！他可是在你背后说了你不少“好话”呀，被人陷害都还不知道，你呀，不够聪明就不要学人在背后嚼舌根。
hā ！tā kě shì zài nǐ bèihòu shuō le nǐ bùshǎo “hǎohuà ”ya ，bèi rén xiànhài dōu hái bù zhīdào ，nǐ ya ，bùgòu cōngming jiù bù yào xué rén zàibèihòu jiáoshégēn 。
Ha! He always has a lot of "good" things to say about you behind your back. You don't even know when you're being sabotaged. If you're not clever enough to carry it off, don't gossip behind other people's backs.
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哎哟，你们这些中年妇女就喜欢嚼舌根，传这个传那个。
āiyōu ，nǐmen zhèxiē zhōngnián fùnǚ jiù xǐhuan jiáoshégēn ，chuán zhè ge chuán nàge 。
Oh, goodness. You middle-aged women just love to gossip. Talking about this and that.
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