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心拙口夯
xīn​zhuō​kǒu​bèn

dull-witted and tongue-tied

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 心 xīn noun
    mind
    thought; intellect; the organ of thinking
  2. 拙 zhuō adjective
    clumsy
    (bound form) clumsy; awkward; dull; inelegant
  3. 口 kǒu nounverb
    speech
    speech; words; one's tone of voice or accent
  4. 夯 bèn
    clumsy
    (bound form) clumsy; stupid; slow-witted; this sense is equivalent to 笨 bèn and is primarily used in early modern Chinese or specific compounds