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饒舌

简饶舌 · 繁饒舌

Mandarin · pinyin ráo shé

talkative
to blather
to shoot one's mouth off
rap (genre of music)

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饒: Look up this written character
舌: shé · tongue; clapper of bell; Kangxi radical 135
饶: ráo · bountiful, abundant, plentiful

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2–2 · rao2 she2

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noun

(music) rapping; MCing

verb

(literary) to talk a lot; to be talkative
(literary) to blather; to nag; to shoot one's mouth off

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