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信口開河
简 信口开河 · 繁 信口開河Mandarin · pinyin xìn kǒu kāi hé
Meanings
- to speak without thinking (idiom)
- to blurt sth out
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Mandarin tones
4–3–1–2 · xin4 kou3 kai1 he2
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seon3 hau2 hoi1 ho4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to speak carelessly, rapidly and voluminously like the outflow of river water when the sluice gates are opened; to talk nonsense; to talk at random
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