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口乾舌燥

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

Characters and words in 口乾舌燥

kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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qián = qi + an2
old variant of 乾[qian2]
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qián = qi + an2
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qián = qi + an2
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
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qián = qi + an2
gān = g + an1
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
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= ji + Ø1
used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"
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shé = sh + e2
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zào = z + ao4
dry / parched / impatient
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Words with 口乾舌燥

口乾舌燥 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 口乾舌燥

口乾舌燥 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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