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tongue / CL: 個|个 / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
HSK 6
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
HSK 7-9
to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
to be speechless / also pr. [ze2 she2]
tip of tongue / apical
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  *苔* | 苔* | *苔
used in 舌苔
coronal consonants of Middle Chinese
stupefied / flabbergasted
peaked cap
agave (genus of plants) / Agave americana / tequila
five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音, 牙音, 舌音, 齒音|齿音, 唇音
(idiom) to cross verbal swords; to have a heated verbal exchange
argument / words / lips and tongue
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  *舌* | 舌* | *舌
used in 喇舌 to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"
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  *舌* | 舌* | *舌
tongue
back of tongue / tongue root / dorsal
(TCM) coating on the tongue (examined for the purpose of diagnosis)
loquacious / to have a loose tongue
tongue of flame
to wag one's tongue / to speak glibly
verbal sparring / duel of words
talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music)
lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) / fig. to have a glib tongue
awkward in speech
glib / oily-mouthed and smooth talking
sublingual gland / saliva gland under tongue
agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words / gaping and speechless
tongue-tied / unable to speak (out of surprise, embarrassment etc)
mouthpiece / spokesperson
to gossip and meddle / to shoot one's mouth off / talkative
dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round
to parrot / to repeat uncritically what sb says
garrulous and sharp-tongued
the Seychelles
to incite trouble between people (idiom)
(Tw) French kissing; to waggle one's tongue around (from Taiwanese 抐舌, Tai-lo pr. [lā-tsi̍h])
to cluck / to trill
(idiom) hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
venomous tongue / sharp-tongued / harsh
vicious talk / malicious tongue
sublingual / hypoglossal
ox tongue
uvula
to stick out one's tongue
the lip or vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument
to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
female gossip / busybody
tequila
to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
to commit suicide by biting off one's tongue
to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
the Seychelles
tongue depressor / spatula
(coll.) lisp / one who lisps
lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom) / fig. a glib tongue
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
lit. quick mouth and quick tongue / fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece / to chime in rapidly
to quarrel
lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
to pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension / to blab / to tell tales
struck dumb / speechless
to talk without thinking / to drivel
to gossip / to blab / a blab-mouth
Hedyotis diffusa
to whistle down the wind / to waste one's breath (idiom)
incessant complaining
clumsy in speech / poor speaker
clumsy in speaking / awkward / inarticulate
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
sublingual administration (medicine)
sublingual tablet (medicine)
lingual papillae / taste buds
to French kiss / French kiss
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)
(idiom) eloquent / entertaining in one's speech
tongue ring / tongue piercing
blade of tongue / laminal
blue-tongue (viral disease of livestock)
garrulous and sharp-tongued
to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining
to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued
to boast of one's quarrels to others (idiom)
blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker
rap music


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