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磨嘴皮子

Mandarin · pinyin mó zuǐ pí zi

Meanings

  1. to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather
  2. to talk incessant nonsense
  3. blah blah
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磨
mó · grind; polish; rub; wear out; a millstone
嘴
zuǐ · mouth, lips
皮
pí · skin, hide, fur, feather; outer
子
zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
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2–3–2–5 · mo2 zui3 pi2 zi5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mo4 zeoi2 pei4 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 磨嘴皮子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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mo4 zeoi2 pei4 zi2

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磨嘴皮子 · mo2 zui3 pi2 zi5
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 80,173
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Exact source record磨嘴皮子 磨嘴皮子 [mo2 zui3 pi2 zi5] /to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather/to talk incessant nonsense/blah blah/