zhuō zuǐ bèn shé

拙嘴笨舌 (zhuō zuǐ bèn shé) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker

Characters in 拙嘴笨舌

拙zhuō · awkward嘴zuǐ · mouth笨bèn · stupid舌jī · used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

Related words

嘴mouth笨蛋(mild insult) fool; idiot笨stupid嘴里mouth嘴巴mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1])舌头tongue嘴唇lip舌used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"舌tongue住嘴to hold one's tongue满嘴a full mouth of (sth physical)笨拙clumsy

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