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满嘴跑火车

mǎn zuǐ pǎo huǒ chēdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) to have a glib tongue / to talk big
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.

Source record: cd-f45e8c52bed5d699. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

滿嘴跑火車 满嘴跑火车 [man3 zui3 pao3 huo3 che1] /(idiom) to have a glib tongue/to talk big/

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Other forms in these source records: 滿嘴跑火車

  • 满
    mǎn

    to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented

    Mǎn

    Manchu ethnic group

  • 嘴
    zuǐ

    mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL:張|张[zhāng],個|个[gè]

  • 跑
    páo

    (of an animal) to paw (the ground)

    pǎo

    to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off

  • 火
    huǒ

    fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

    Huǒ

    surname Huo

  • 车
    chē

    car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liàng] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159

    jū

    war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)

    Chē

    surname Che

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.