A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
trad. 話到嘴邊留三分
Also written 話到嘴邊留三分【huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn】
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7话
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dialect, language, spoken words, speech, talk, words, conversation, what sb said, CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- Pinyin
- huà
- Traditional
- 話
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 516 of 2500
到
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to reach; to arrive, to leave for; to go to, to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point), (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point), considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- Pinyin
- dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 48 of 2500
嘴
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mouth, beak, nozzle, spout (of teapot etc), CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- zuǐ
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 1664 of 2500
边
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side, edge, margin, border, boundary, CL:個|个[ge4], simultaneously
- Pinyin
- biān
- Traditional
- 邊
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2075 of 2500
留
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old variant of 留[liu2]
- Pinyin
- liú
- Traditional
- 㽞
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1365 of 2500
三
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surname San
- Pinyin
- Sān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 849 of 2500
分
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to divide; to separate, to distribute; to allocate, to distinguish (good and bad), (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]), fraction, one tenth (of certain units), unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm, minute (unit of time), minute (angular measurement unit), a point (in sports or games), 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
- Pinyin
- fēn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1072 of 2500