a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
trad. 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢
Also written 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢【zuǐ shàng méi máo , bàn shì bù láo】
Characters in this word
8嘴
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
mouth, beak, nozzle, spout (of teapot etc), CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- zuǐ
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 1664 of 2500
上
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used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 61 of 2500
没
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(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- Pinyin
- méi
- Traditional
- 沒
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 58 of 2500
毛
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surname Mao
- Pinyin
- Máo
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2649 of 2500
办
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event), to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise), (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect), (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- Pinyin
- bàn
- Traditional
- 辦
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1630 of 2500
事
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matter, thing, item, work, affair, CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 68 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
牢
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(literary) pen; fold (for livestock), prison; jail, firm; secure; fast
- Pinyin
- láo
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8644 of 2500