張口結舌

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張
口
口
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結
舌
舌
agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words / gaping and speechless

Characters and words in 張口結舌

张
張
zha̅ng = zh + ang1
surname Zhang
张
張
zha̅ng = zh + ang1
to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
张 = 弓 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: a spreadsheet. James II of England (zh) practices his archery skills in front of the anglepod (ang1). Riding on a longboard (长) he shoots arrows using his composite bow (弓) trying to hit a spreadsheet (张).
张
張
口
口
to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)
口
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
结
結
jie̅ = ji + e1
(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds) / Taiwan pr. [jie2]
结
結
jié = ji + e2
knot / sturdy / bond / to tie / to bind / to check out (of a hotel)
结 = 吉 + 纟 : The silk worm and Joan of Arc are in an awkward situation. The giant has pulled the worm so long that she's long enough to tie Joan of Arc to one of the pillars of the elevator's kitchen, and to even make a knot.
结
結
舌
舌
tongue-tied / unable to speak (out of surprise, embarrassment etc)
舌
ji̅ = ji + Ø1
used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"
舌
shé = sh + e2
tongue
舌 = 千 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes squashed his tongue under a kilo just inside the elevator's kitchen! He tries to stem the kilo with a mandarin, but not very successfully.

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