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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
(bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
(bird species of China) short-billed minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris)
(bird species of China) slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus superciliaris)
(bird species of China) crow-billed drongo (Dicrurus annectens)
to grin
HSK 7-9
sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food
mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words
cigarette filter; filter tip
to quarrel
HSK 7-9
to interrupt (sb talking) / to butt in / to cut into a conversation
HSK 7-9
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 talk
to answer back; to retort
to talk back / to answer back
(bird species of China) red-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps)
cigarette filter
(bird species of China) large-billed leaf warbler (Phylloscopus magnirostris)
to slap
to quarrel / to bicker / glib repartee
to gossip and meddle / to shoot one's mouth off / talkative
to talk without any intention of acting on it / empty prattle
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
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 banter
to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food)
lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
glib / oily-mouthed and smooth talking
(bird species of China) red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
to talk glibly / to talk big / to be all talk
frank and outspoken / straight speaking / to say what one thinks
to pout
to kiss (on the mouth)
gluttonous / ravenous
(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
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) Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)
Shut up!
(bird species of China) collared finchbill (Spizixos semitorques)
Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius)
to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
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
lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying) / fig. wide of the mark; irrelevant; incongruous
mouth / beak / spout / mouthpiece
to answer back / to contradict / to renege / to go back on one's word
to fall flat on one's face
mountain spur
to make an indiscreet remark
(bird species of China) black-necklaced scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrocnemis)
(bird species of China) long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
(bird species of China) thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra)
(bird species of China) Radde's warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
(bird species of China) northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
clumsy in speech / poor speaker
(bird species of China) red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)
hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur)
outspoken and frank (idiom)
(dialect) sharp-tongued / harsh
to slap
to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind
to hold forth / to quibble
to have a loose tongue
to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request) / to gape
(bird species of China) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
to make a slip of the tongue
gluttonous / glutton
straight shooter
able to keep a secret
to wear out one's lips (idiom) / to talk until one is blue in the face / to repeat again and again
(bird species of China) grey-sided scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys swinhoei)
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued
(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs
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
(idiom) to have a glib tongue / to talk big
to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah
muzzle (device)
a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
prudent in speech
toucan
to bicker / to squabble / to quarrel
(coll.) to wag one's tongue / to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes / to chatter endlessly / to speak glibly

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