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mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL: 張|张, 個|个
HSK 2
mouth (CL:張|张) / slap in the face (CL:個|个)
HSK 4
lip / CL:
HSK 7-9
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
HSK 7-9
to grin
HSK 7-9
sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food
cigarette filter; filter tip
soft-spoken / afraid to speak out
to quarrel
HSK 7-9
platypus
to interrupt (sb talking) / to butt in / to cut into a conversation
HSK 7-9
to boast
corner of the mouth
to answer back; to retort
a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
to kiss (on the mouth)
mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words
to talk back / to answer back
to slap
to gossip and meddle / to shoot one's mouth off / talkative
to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs
to hold one's tongue / Shut up!
to pout / to stick out one's lips
to talk
well-known commentator / talking head / pundit / prominent TV or radio host
a slip of the tongue / to blurt out (a secret or stupid mistake)
to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs
to banter
lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
to talk without any intention of acting on it / empty prattle
glib / oily-mouthed and smooth talking
to talk glibly / to talk big / to be all talk
frank and outspoken / straight speaking / to say what one thinks
to pout
(baby) bib
to quarrel / to bicker / glib repartee
(bird species of China) Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
to move one's lips / to wag one's tongue
(coll.) unable to control one's tongue / prone to say sth nasty
talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly
toucan
(bird species of China) yellow-billed blue magpie (Urocissa flavirostris)
to lip-sync
nipple (on a baby's bottle) / pacifier
Shizuishan, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区
(bird species of China) Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
(coll.) to wag one's tongue / to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes / to chatter endlessly / to speak glibly
to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
toucan
to slap sb's face / to slap one's own face / fig. to fail to live up to a boast
picky about food
to sow discord
to blurt out / to let slip
mouth / beak / spout / mouthpiece
features, face (esp. derogatorily) / look / appearance / countenance
gluttonous
to answer back / to contradict / to renege / to go back on one's word
to pout
to fall flat on one's face
(bird species of China) large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
mountain spur
to make an indiscreet remark
lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) / fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel
to keep saying (sth) over and over
(bird species of China) thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra)
(bird species of China) Eurasian dotterel (Eudromias morinellus)
(bird species of China) large-billed leaf warbler (Phylloscopus magnirostris)
clumsy in speech / poor speaker
lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)
to talk without thinking / to drivel
empty talk / mere rhetoric / palaver
outspoken and frank (idiom)
loose-tongued
to slap
talkative / garrulous / loquacious / flippant / jocular
lit. cherry mouth (idiom) / fig. a delicate, ruby-lipped mouth
(idiom) to have a glib tongue / to talk big
straight shooter
to wear out one's lips (idiom) / to talk until one is blue in the face / to repeat again and again
A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
Shut up!
to make a slip of the tongue
to incite trouble between people (idiom)
to have loose lips
(coll.) to get one's words mixed up; to misspeak
lit. quick mouth and quick tongue / fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece / to chime in rapidly
to deny / to go back on one's word
to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah
(bird species of China) ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis)
garrulous and sharp-tongued
(baby's) pacifier
to bicker / to squabble / to quarrel
to pay lip service to / to keep mentioning (without doing anything) / to blather on about sth
nibbles / snacks between meals
(bird species of China) thick-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile)
(bird species of China) thick-billed warbler (Arundinax aedon)

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