打 嘴

dǎ zuǐdictionary entry

to slap sb's face / to slap one's own face / fig. to fail to live up to a boast

Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

打嘴打嘴 [da3 zui3] /to slap sb's face/to slap one's own face/fig. to fail to live up to a boast/

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Reference information

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Character information

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打
dá
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [dǎ]
dǎ
to hit / to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞[dǎ sǎn] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[dǎ diàn huà] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[dǎ zhēn] "to get an injection" / (coll.) from / since
嘴
zuǐ
mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL:張|张[zhāng],個|个[gè]

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