kǒu gān shé zào

Traditional: 口乾舌燥

口干舌燥 (kǒu gān shé zào) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much

Characters in 口干舌燥

口kǒu · mouth干gān · dry舌jī · used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"燥zào · dry; parched

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