三寸不烂之舌

Traditional: 三寸不爛之舌

sān cùn bù làn zhī shé

Dictionary entry

to have a silver tongue

What does 三寸不烂之舌 mean?

三寸不烂之舌 (sān cùn bù làn zhī shé) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to have a silver tongue

2to have the gift of the gab

Character breakdown

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三Sānsurname San 寸cùna unit of length · inch 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-烂lànsoft; mushy · well-cooked and soft 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 舌jīused in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

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三寸不烂之舌

sān cùn bù làn zhī shé

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