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


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