言多必失
yán duō bì shī
Pinyin

Definition

言多必失
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yán duō bì shī
  1. if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

多
duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 much
  3. 3 often
  4. 4 a lot of
  5. 5 numerous
  6. 6 more
  7. 7 in excess
  8. 8 how (to what extent)
  9. 9 multi-
  10. 10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
失眠
shī mián
  1. 1 to suffer from insomnia
必
bì
  1. 1 certainly
  2. 2 must
  3. 3 will
  4. 4 necessarily
必须
bì xū
  1. 1 to have to
  2. 2 must
  3. 3 compulsory
  4. 4 necessarily

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一言一动
yī yán yī dòng
  1. 1 (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight