信口开河

Traditional: 信口開河

xìn kǒu kāi hé

Dictionary entry

to speak without thinking (idiom)

What does 信口开河 mean?

信口开河 (xìn kǒu kāi hé) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to speak without thinking (idiom)

2to blurt sth out

Character breakdown

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信xìnletter · mail 口kǒumouth · classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)开kāito open (transitive or intransitive) · (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 河hériver (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]) · (bound form) the Yellow River

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信口开河

xìn kǒu kāi hé

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