话到嘴边 huàdàozuǐbiān on the tip of one's tongue Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 话到嘴边留三分 huàdàozuǐbiānliúsānfēn [idiom] to think before you speak A proverb advising one to keep some thoughts to oneself rather than speaking one's entire mind; literally 'when words reach the edge of the mouth, keep back thirty percent'
