禍從口出
huò​cóng​kǒu​chū

careless talk leads to trouble

  • created reference approved 祸从口出/禍從口出 → 病从口入/病從口入 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    祸从口出 / 禍從口出 huò​cóng​kǒu​chū

    病从口入 / 病從口入 bìng​cóng​kǒu​rù

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 祸从口出/禍從口出 · huò​cóng​kǒu​chū · careless talk leads to trouble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    祸从口出 / 禍從口出

    huò​cóng​kǒu​chū

    careless talk leads to trouble

    (idiom) disaster comes from the mouth; a loose tongue leads to trouble

    祸 (literal) → 祸/禍 · huò · disaster 从 (literal) → 从/從 · cóng · from 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · mouth 出 (literal) → 出 · chū · to go out

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

    created sense