to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom); wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2]
trad. 口無擇言
Also written 口無擇言【kǒu wú 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
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 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