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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舌* | 舌* | *舌
used in 喇舌 to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舌* | 舌* | *舌
tongue
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
dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round
(fig.) (coll.) sensitivity to hot food or drink; person who has such a sensitivity
to French kiss / French kiss
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
mouthpiece / spokesperson
to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab
(coll.) lisp / one who lisps
to gossip and meddle / to shoot one's mouth off / talkative
lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom) / fig. a glib tongue
to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
glib / oily-mouthed and smooth talking
the Seychelles
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
venomous tongue / sharp-tongued / harsh
argument / words / lips and tongue
(idiom) to cross verbal swords; to have a heated verbal exchange
clumsy in speech / poor speaker
to parrot / to repeat uncritically what sb says
to talk without thinking / to drivel
to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining
to incite trouble between people (idiom)
lit. quick mouth and quick tongue / fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece / to chime in rapidly
garrulous and sharp-tongued
to whistle down the wind / to waste one's breath (idiom)
lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) / fig. to have a glib tongue
to cluck / to trill
the lip or vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker
rap music
female gossip / busybody
to pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension / to blab / to tell tales
ox tongue
tongue ring / tongue piercing
blue-tongue (viral disease of livestock)
apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
coronal consonants of Middle Chinese
incessant complaining
tequila
agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words / gaping and speechless
tongue-tied / unable to speak (out of surprise, embarrassment etc)
struck dumb / speechless
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
the Seychelles
clumsy in speaking / awkward / inarticulate
agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana / agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
tongue of flame
(literary) to be speechless
tongue depressor / spatula
sublingual gland / saliva gland under tongue
verbal sparring / duel of words
to boast of one's quarrels to others (idiom)
(idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned
tip of tongue / apical
to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining
(idiom) hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
to click one's tongue
(TCM) coating on the tongue (examined for the purpose of diagnosis)
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued
talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music)
peaked cap
uvula
to commit suicide by biting off one's tongue
to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
garrulous and sharp-tongued
(Tw) French kissing; to waggle one's tongue around (from Taiwanese 抐舌, Tai-lo pr. [lā-tsi̍h])
vicious talk / malicious tongue
sublingual tablet (medicine)
to stick out one's tongue
to gossip / to blab / a blab-mouth
alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)
blade of tongue / laminal
loquacious / to have a loose tongue
to quarrel
Hedyotis diffusa
sublingual administration (medicine)
lingual papillae / taste buds
(idiom) eloquent / entertaining in one's speech
awkward in speech
back of tongue / tongue root / dorsal
to wag one's tongue / to speak glibly
sublingual / hypoglossal
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge


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