话到嘴边留三分

Traditional: 話到嘴邊留三分

huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn

Dictionary entry

A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)

What does 话到嘴边留三分 mean?

话到嘴边留三分 (huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)

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话huàdialect · language 到dàoto reach; to arrive · to leave for; to go to 嘴zuǐmouth · beak 边biānside · edge 留liúold variant of 留[liu2]三Sānsurname San 分fēnto divide; to separate · to distribute; to allocate

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话到嘴边留三分

huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn

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