嚼舌
jiáo shé
Pinyin

Definition

嚼舌
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jiáo shé
  1. to gossip
  2. to argue unnecessarily

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

咀嚼
jǔ jué
  1. 1 to chew
  2. 2 to think over
嚼
jiáo
  1. 1 to chew
  2. 2 also pr. [jué]
舌战
shé zhàn
  1. 1 verbal sparring
  2. 2 duel of words
舌头
shé tou
  1. 1 tongue
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
七嘴八舌
qī zuǐ bā shé
  1. 1 lively discussion with everybody talking at once
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
口舌
kǒu shé
  1. 1 dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip
  2. 2 to talk sb round
喉舌
hóu shé
  1. 1 mouthpiece
  2. 2 spokesperson
嚼劲
jiáo jìn
  1. 1 chewiness
嚼舌根
jiáo shé gēn
  1. 1 to gossip
  2. 2 to argue unnecessarily
塞舌尔
Sài shé ěr
  1. 1 the Seychelles
瞠目结舌
chēng mù jié shé
  1. 1 stupefied
  2. 2 flabbergasted
细嚼慢咽
xì jiáo màn yàn
  1. 1 to eat slowly (idiom)
舌吻
shé wěn
  1. 1 to French kiss
  2. 2 French kiss
舌尖
shé jiān
  1. 1 tip of tongue
  2. 2 apical
舌根
shé gēn
  1. 1 back of tongue
  2. 2 tongue root
  3. 3 dorsal
长舌
cháng shé
  1. 1 loquacious
  2. 2 to have a loose tongue
长舌妇
cháng shé fù
  1. 1 female gossip
  2. 2 busybody
饶舌
ráo shé
  1. 1 talkative
  2. 2 to blather
  3. 3 to shoot one's mouth off
  4. 4 rap (genre of music)
鸭舌帽
yā shé mào
  1. 1 peaked cap

Idioms (17)

口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là
  1. 1 tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
  2. 2 tasteless
  3. 3 insipid
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
  1. 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
如簧之舌
rú huáng zhī shé
  1. 1 lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a glib tongue
巧舌如簧
qiǎo shé rú huáng
  1. 1 lit. to have a tongue like a reed (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have a glib tongue
弄嘴弄舌
nòng zuǐ nòng shé
  1. 1 to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
张口结舌
zhāng kǒu jié shé
  1. 1 agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words
  2. 2 gaping and speechless
拙嘴笨舌
zhuō zuǐ bèn shé
  1. 1 lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
搬唇递舌
bān chún dì shé
  1. 1 to pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension
  2. 2 to blab
  3. 3 to tell tales
白费唇舌
bái fèi chún shé
  1. 1 to whistle down the wind
  2. 2 to waste one's breath (idiom)
细嚼慢咽
xì jiáo màn yàn
  1. 1 to eat slowly (idiom)
调嘴学舌
tiáo zuǐ xué shé
  1. 1 to incite trouble between people (idiom)
贪多嚼不烂
tān duō jiáo bù làn
  1. 1 to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
轻口薄舌
qīng kǒu bó shé
  1. 1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
  2. 2 caustic and sharp-tongued
轻嘴薄舌
qīng zuǐ bó shé
  1. 1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
  2. 2 caustic and sharp-tongued
逞其口舌
chěng qí kǒu shé
  1. 1 to boast of one's quarrels to others (idiom)
饶舌调唇
ráo shé tiáo chún
  1. 1 blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker

Sample Sentences

哈！他可是在你背后说了你不少“好话”呀，被人陷害都还不知道，你呀，不够聪明就不要学人在背后嚼舌根。
hā ！tā kě shì zài nǐ bèihòu shuō le nǐ bùshǎo “hǎohuà ”ya ，bèi rén xiànhài dōu hái bù zhīdào ，nǐ ya ，bùgòu cōngming jiù bù yào xué rén zàibèihòu jiáoshégēn 。
Ha! He always has a lot of "good" things to say about you behind your back. You don't even know when you're being sabotaged. If you're not clever enough to carry it off, don't gossip behind other people's backs.
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哎哟，你们这些中年妇女就喜欢嚼舌根，传这个传那个。
āiyōu ，nǐmen zhèxiē zhōngnián fùnǚ jiù xǐhuan jiáoshégēn ，chuán zhè ge chuán nàge 。
Oh, goodness. You middle-aged women just love to gossip. Talking about this and that.
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