打嘴

to slap sb's face / to slap one's own face / fig. to fail to live up to a boast

Characters and words in 打嘴

dá = d + a2

dozen (loanword)

dǎ = d + a3

to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from

打 = 丁 + 扌 : Don Quixote (d) got lost in the ashram (a3) and is afraid of being beaten (打). He equips himself with a claw (扌) for the left hand and a nail (丁) for the right hand, ready to beat (打) anyone approaching him.

zuǐ = zu + ei3

mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

嘴 = 口 + 觜 : Zapatista Zebra (zu) is roaming the Eiffel Tower (ei3) to look for food. Because the floor is full of horns (觜), he is wearing safety boots (觜). With his lips (嘴) he is forming a long beak (嘴) to look for mandarins (口) between the horns.

Words with 打嘴

to slap

Sentences with 打嘴

打嘴 currently does not appear in any sentence.