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言多语失
yán​duō​yǔ​shī

loose lips sink ships

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
言多语失 言多語失 yán​duō​yǔ​shī
loose lips sink ships
Talking too much leads to mistakes or unintended slips of the tongue; if you say too much, you are bound to slip up.

Frequency

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0.009 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 言多必失 yán​duō​bì​shī

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