to speak incoherently; to ramble; to talk irresponsibly
trad. 口不擇言
Also written 口不擇言【kǒu bù zé yán】
Characters in this word
4口
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mouth, classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc), classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- Pinyin
- kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 4127 of 2500
不
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
择
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to select, to choose, to pick over, to pick out, to differentiate, to eliminate, also pr. [zhai2]
- Pinyin
- zé
- Traditional
- 擇
- Strokes
- 8
言
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words, speech, to say, to talk
- Pinyin
- yán
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 6821 of 2500