言多必失
yán​duō​bì​shī

loose lips sink ships

  • created reference approved 言多必失 → 言多语失/言多語失 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    言多必失 yán​duō​bì​shī

    言多语失 / 言多語失 yán​duō​yǔ​shī

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 言多必失 · yán​duō​bì​shī · loose lips sink ships — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    言多必失

    yán​duō​bì​shī

    loose lips sink ships

    if you talk too much, you are bound to slip up at some point; he who talks much errs much

    言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech 多 (literal) → 多 · duō · many 必 (literal) → 必 · bì · certainly 失 (literal) → 失 · shī · mistake

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

    created sense