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祸从口出
huò​cóng​kǒu​chū

careless talk leads to trouble

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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

Frequency

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0.370 per million

Cross-References

See

  • 病从口入 bìng​cóng​kǒu​rù

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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