口干舌燥 — Semantide dictionary

Entry

口kǒu干gān舌shé燥zào

lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
trad. 口乾舌燥

Also written 口乾舌燥【kǒu gān shé zào】

Characters in this word

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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

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干

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old variant of 乾|干[gan1]

Pinyin: gān
Traditional: 乹

Strokes: 3
Frequency: 340 of 2500

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舌

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used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

Pinyin: jī

Strokes: 6
Frequency: 21477 of 2500

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燥

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dry; parched, impatient; vexed, (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat

Pinyin: zào

Strokes: 17

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