Results for “口”

(idiom) to avoid mentioning

to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue / to sing from the same hymn sheet

network management interface

see 閉口不言|闭口不言[bì kǒu bù yán]

total population

to scold without end (idiom) / incessant abuse

rib collar / rib top of socks

lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom) / fig. to tread dangerous ground

delicious / tasty

old married couple

an old married couple

location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM

to blurt out

(loanword) talk show / stand-up comedy

brain-computer interface

appealing to the masses / universally appreciated (idiom)

to heave a sigh of relief

good medicine tastes bitter (idiom) / fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow

lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口) / fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)

earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom) / to persuade patiently

harvested land left for rotation / an opportunity

(zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)

to use as an excuse / on the pretext / excuse / pretext / also written 借口[jiè kǒu]

lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death

bloody mouth (from devouring freshly killed prey)

to spit blood (idiom) / venomous slander / malicious attacks

bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom) / ferocious mouth of beast of prey / fig. greedy exploiter / rapacious aggressor

to blurt out without thinking (idiom)

trouser leg opening

(literary) to quarrel / also pr. [jiǎokǒu]

see 誇海口|夸海口[kuā hǎi kǒu]

to boast

to boast / to talk big

trafficking in human beings

to argue needlessly / to waste time explaining

to make oneself an object of ridicule

third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)

soft palate / velum

(idiom) hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued

entrepot / transit (of goods) / (coll.) to deny / to go back on one's word