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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *口* | 口* | *口
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘴* | 嘴* | *嘴
mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL: 張|张, 個|个
HSK 2
legend; folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *含* | 含* | *含
to keep in the mouth / to contain
HSK 4
mouth (CL:張|张) / slap in the face (CL:個|个)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泉* | 泉* | *泉
spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic)
HSK 5
to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吻* | 吻* | *吻
kiss / to kiss / mouth
HSK 7-9
mouth ulcer
big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping
open-mouthed (jar etc) / (of speech) freely / exposure (finance)
roof of the mouth / to load a gun
mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words
mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull; dry; boring / (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
HSK 7-9
lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think / honest and straightforward
one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally
different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom)
HSK 7-9
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
corner of the mouth / labial angle
mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab
lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) / fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel
corner of the mouth
to spread (by word of mouth)
Hormuz Island, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
parched / dry mouth
shut up / shut your mouth / stop talking
to blurt sth out / to open one's mouth without thinking
at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth
to gossip and meddle / to shoot one's mouth off / talkative
Jintan mouth refresher lozenge, produced by Morishita Jintan company from 1905
heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself / saying one thing but meaning sth different
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叼* | 叼* | *叼
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
HSK 7-9
to sing loudly / fig. to mouth slogans
stomatitis / ulceration of oral cavity / inflammation of the mucous lining of the mouth
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喙* | 喙* | *喙
beak / snout / mouth / to pant
to open one's mouth / to start to talk
HSK 7-9
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word
lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
glib / oily-mouthed and smooth talking
estuary / coastal inlet / river mouth / seaport / see also 誇海口|夸海口
to kiss (on the mouth)
river mouth
to rinse one's mouth; to gargle
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) / aphthous fever
talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly
to weight sth with lead / (of a die) loaded / to pour molten lead into the mouth (as a punishment)
mouth of a well
estuary / the mouth of a river
mouth of a spring or fountain
lit. to play the yu mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products / to masquerade as having an ability / token member of a group
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咧* | 咧* | *咧
to draw back the corners of one's mouth
to gather together as with a rake / to shovel food into one's mouth; to eat fast
lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying) / fig. wide of the mark; irrelevant; incongruous
to close (box, book, mouth etc)
mouth / beak / spout / mouthpiece
Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
to apply eye drops / (fig.) to speak ill of sb / to bad-mouth
(coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly)
Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
(onom.) muttering / to whisper / mouthing words
(slang) to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth
cave mouth / tunnel entrance
lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death
index finger / (literary) mouths to feed
ethereal quality / (Chinese folklore) a puff of breath from the mouth of a celestial being, which can magically transform an object into sth else
mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc)
(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request) / to gape
sucker mouth
to talk big / to shoot one's mouth off
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued
a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist
lit. quick mouth and quick tongue / fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece / to chime in rapidly
mouth full of literary phrases / to spout the classics
to pour out obscenities / filthy mouthed
to use one's mouth (to say sth)
blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker
unclean / filthy / foul-mouthed
to convey orally; to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc)
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
bad language / foul mouth
to wash the face and rinse the mouth
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盂* | 盂* | *盂
basin / wide-mouthed jar or pot
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罌* | 罌* | *罌
earthen jar with small mouth
to swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed
bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint
to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth
to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth / fig. to complain bitterly / to pour out one's sufferings
(lit.) to fire blank shots / (fig.) to be all talk and no action / to shoot one's mouth off / to make empty promises
to be thrilled / (of sb's mouth) to form a grin
twisted mouth / wry mouth
a full mouth of (sth physical) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc)
to read silently / to mouth (the words of a prayer etc) / to say to oneself / to contemplate inwardly
lit. eye startled, mouth struck dumb (idiom); stunned / stupefied
lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)
to curl one's lip / to twitch one's mouth
lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth

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