言多語失

see 言多必失[yan2 duo1 bi4 shi1]

words / speech / to say / to talk

many; much / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-

dialect / language / speech

to tell to

indiscreet remark / indiscretion / slip of the tongue

to lose / to miss / to fail