话到嘴边
huà​dào​zuǐ​biān

on the tip of one's tongue

  • created sense approved 话到嘴边/話到嘴邊 · huà​dào​zuǐ​biān · on the tip of one's tongue — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    话到嘴边 / 話到嘴邊

    huà​dào​zuǐ​biān

    on the tip of one's tongue

    to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind; to be about to speak

    话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · speech 到 (literal) → 到 · dào · to arrive 嘴边 (literal) → 嘴边/嘴邊 · zuǐ​biān · on the tip of one's tongue

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

    created sense