to whistle down the wind; to waste one's breath (idiom)
trad. 白費唇舌
Also written 白費唇舌【bái fèi chún shé】
Characters in this word
4白
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surname Bai, Bai ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Bái
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1993 of 2500
费
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surname Fei
- Pinyin
- Fèi
- Traditional
- 費
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 3520 of 2500
唇
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lip
- Pinyin
- chún
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 16765 of 2500
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