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嘴上没毛，办事不牢
zuǐ​shàng​méi​máo​bàn​shì​bù​láo

a youth is unreliable

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
嘴上没毛，办事不牢 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢 zuǐ​shàng​méi​máo​bàn​shì​bù​láo
a youth is unreliable
(proverb) literally "no hair on the lip means no reliability in work"; used to mean that a person who is too young or lacks experience cannot be trusted to handle important matters well