磨 嘴 皮 子

mó zuǐ pí zidictionary entry

to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom) / pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah

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Original source entry:

磨嘴皮子 磨嘴皮子 [mo2 zui3 pi2 zi5] /to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather/to talk incessant nonsense/blah blah/

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磨
mó
to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist
mò
grindstone / to grind / to turn round
嘴
zuǐ
mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL:張|张[zhāng],個|个[gè]
皮
pí
skin / peel / rind / outer layer / leather / hide / fur / cover / wrapping / outer covering / (of food) no longer crisp / soggy / (coll.) naughty / mischievous / pico- (10⁻¹²)
Pí
surname Pi
子
zǐ
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-
zi
noun suffix, as in 椅子[yǐ zi] "chair"

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