祸从口出 huòcóngkǒuchū careless talk leads to trouble Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 祸 禍 huò noun disaster misfortune; calamity; disaster; opposite of 福 fú从 從 cóng preposition from Introduces the starting point of a movement, time, or range; from; since口 kǒu noun mouth mouth of a person or animal; (bound form) oral出 chū verb to go out to go or come out; to exit (from inside to outside)