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病從口入，禍從口出
beng6 cung4 hau2 jap6, wo6 cung4 hau2 ceot1
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disease enters by the mouth and trouble comes out of the mouth; illness stems from food and trouble from speech  Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1726 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 6th Aug 2007 12:10 and last edited on 13th Mar 2015 14:14 |
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Characters in this word:病 beng6 bing6 - sick; ill; defect; fault從 cung4 sung1 - follow; engage in; from; entourage 口 hau2 - mouth 入 jap6 - enter ， - (not in database) 禍 wo6 - misfortune; disaster; calamity 從 cung4 sung1 - follow; engage in; from; entourage 口 hau2 - mouth 出 ceot1 - go out; show up; exceed; put up; produce |
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