言多必失 yánduōbìshī loose lips sink ships Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 言 yán noun speech words; talk; what is said多 duō adjectivenumeral many many; much; a lot; numerous必 bì adverb certainly certainly; surely; inevitably; necessarily失 shī nounverb mistake (bound form) a mistake; a fault; a defect; a mishap