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- (Tw) French kissing; to waggle one's tongue around (from Taiwanese 抐舌, Tai-lo pr. [lā-tsi̍h])
Trad. 結舌
- tongue-tied
- unable to speak (out of surprise, embarrassment etc)
Trad. 饒舌
- talkative
- to blather
- to shoot one's mouth off
- rap (genre of music)
Trad. 舌頭
- tongue
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
Trad. 翹舌音
- retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
Trad. 貓舌頭
- (fig.) (coll.) sensitivity to hot food or drink; person who has such a sensitivity
- alveolar
- consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
- apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
Trad. 龍舌蘭
- agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana
- agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
Trad. 鸚鵡學舌
- to parrot
- to repeat uncritically what sb says
Trad. 白費唇舌
- to whistle down the wind
- to waste one's breath (idiom)
- lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom)
- fig. a glib tongue
- lively discussion with everybody talking at once
Trad. 饒舌調唇
- blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker
Trad. 捲舌元音
- retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
- to boast of one's quarrels to others (idiom)
Trad. 口乾舌燥
- 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
- lit. quick mouth and quick tongue
- fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece
- to chime in rapidly
Trad. 搬唇遞舌
- to pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension
- to blab
- to tell tales
Trad. 調嘴學舌
- to incite trouble between people (idiom)
- to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
Trad. 輕口薄舌
- (idiom) hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
- lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
Trad. 輕嘴薄舌
- lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
- caustic and sharp-tongued
- to gossip and meddle
- to shoot one's mouth off
- talkative
- alveolar
- consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
Trad. 舌尖後音
- retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
Trad. 唇槍舌劍
- (idiom) to cross verbal swords; to have a heated verbal exchange
Trad. 唇槍舌戰
- see 唇槍舌劍|唇枪舌剑[chun2 qiang1 she2 jian4]
Trad. 舌尖顫音
- alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)
Trad. 舌燦蓮花
- (idiom) eloquent
- entertaining in one's speech
- retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
Trad. 瞠目結舌
- (idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned
Trad. 咬舌自盡
- to commit suicide by biting off one's tongue
Trad. 張口結舌
- agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words
- gaping and speechless
Trad. 滿嘴跑舌頭
- to talk without thinking
- to drivel
Trad. 三寸不爛之舌
- to have a silver tongue
- to have the gift of the gab