挂在嘴上

Traditional: 掛在嘴上

guà zai zuǐ shang

Dictionary entry

to pay lip service to

What does 挂在嘴上 mean?

挂在嘴上 (guà zai zuǐ shang) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to pay lip service to

2to keep mentioning (without doing anything)

3to blather on about sth

Character breakdown

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挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) · to hang up (the phone)在zàito exist; to be alive · (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 嘴zuǐmouth · beak 上shǎngused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

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挂在嘴上

guà zai zuǐ shang

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