金口木舌
jīn​kǒu​mù​shé

metal bell with a wooden clapper

  • created reference approved 金口木舌 → 木铎/木鐸 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    金口木舌 jīn​kǒu​mù​shé

    木铎 / 木鐸 mù​duó

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 金口木舌 · jīn​kǒu​mù​shé · metal bell with a wooden clapper — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    金口木舌

    jīn​kǒu​mù​shé

    metal bell with a wooden clapper

    (literary) a metal bell with a wooden clapper used in ancient times by officials to gather the public for proclamations; now used to describe a teacher or person who spreads important teachings and moral principles

    金口 (literal) → 金口 · jīn​kǒu · guarded speech 木舌 (literal) → 木舌 · mù​shé · wooden clapper

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

    created sense