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唇槍舌劍
  seon4 coeng1 sit6 gim3   jyutping
  chun2 qiang1 she2 jian4   pinyin
cross swords with sb; engage in a battle of words; have a heated verbal exchange
[literal] with one's lips like a spear and a tongue like a sword

[synonym] 舌戰
Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
唇槍舌劍 / 唇枪舌剑

This word has been viewed 1176 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 21st Feb 2010 00:32 and last edited on 28th Oct 2010 15:20
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Characters in this word:

 seon4  -  lip
 coeng1  -  gun; spear
 sit6 sit3  -  tongue
 gim3  -  sword
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