口水多過嗲 (hau2 seoi2 do1 gwo3 de1 | ) : very talkative

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口水多過嗲

hau2 seoi2 do1 gwo3 de1

very talkative; extremely garrulous; talk a lot without action
[literal] more saliva than tea

[variant] 口水多過茶, 口水多過浪花

嗲 is a phonetic loan from 茶 as pronounced in the Chaozhou dialect. Thanks to the popularity of this idiom, 嗲 has now acquired the meaning of "talk, chat" on its own.

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

口水多過嗲 / 口水多过嗲

This word has been viewed 1638 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 27th Aug 2014 02:16

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口 hau2 - mouth
水 seoi2 - water; liquid; dough (money)
多 do1 - many; much; more; more than
過 gwo3 - pass through; across
嗲 de2 de1 de4 - coquettish; chat; drip

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