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開口𤜯着脷
  hoi1 hau2 kap6 zoek6 lei6   jyutping
put one's foot in one's mouth; consistently say the wrong thing; can say nothing right; irritate others as soon as one talks
[literal] bite one's tongue as soon as the mouth is opened

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
開口𤜯着脷 / 开口𤜯着脷

This word has been viewed 2104 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bernard on 18th Jan 2008 15:46 and last edited on 23rd Dec 2015 03:23
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Characters in this word:

 hoi1  -  open
 hau2  -  mouth
𤜯  kap6 gap6  -  bite swiftly with a big mouthful
 zoek6  -  touch; apply; affected; move
 lei6  -  tongue [粵]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail  hoi1 hau2 kap6 zoek6 lei6   = variant of 開口𤜯着脷


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