话到嘴边 huàdàozuǐbiān on the tip of one's tongue Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 话 話 huà noun speech spoken words; speech; talk; conversation; what someone says; something said到 dào verbpreposition to arrive to arrive at a place; to reach a point in time; to reach a certain level or stage嘴边 嘴邊 zuǐbiān on the tip of one's tongue being on the verge of saying something (often used in the construction 话 huà+到 dào+嘴边 zuǐbiān)