yá​qīng​kǒu​bái

to speak distinctly

  • created sense approved 牙清口白 · yá​qīng​kǒu​bái · to speak distinctly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牙清口白

    yá​qīng​kǒu​bái

    to speak distinctly

    (idiom) to speak clearly and articulately; to express oneself with clarity

    牙 (literal) → 牙 · yá · tooth 清 (literal) → 清 · qīng · distinct 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · speech 白 (literal) → 白 · bái · to state

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense