祸从口出

Traditional: 禍從口出

huò cóng kǒu chū

Dictionary entry

Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

What does 祸从口出 mean?

祸从口出 (huò cóng kǒu chū) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

Character breakdown

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祸huòold variant of 禍|祸[huo4]从cóngvariant of 從|从[cong2]口kǒumouth · classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur

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祸从口出

huò cóng kǒu chū

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