"禍從口出" meaning in Chinese

See 禍從口出 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /wɔː²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 祸从口出 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 禍從口出
  1. trouble goes out of the mouth; loose lips sink ships Tags: idiomatic
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "祸从口出",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "禍從口出",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "trouble goes out of the mouth; loose lips sink ships"
      ],
      "id": "en-禍從口出-zh-phrase-ZzHqsdD~",
      "links": [
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ],
        [
          "loose lips sink ships",
          "loose lips sink ships"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huòcóngkǒuchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wo⁶ cung⁴ hau² ceot¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huòcóngkǒuchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huòcóngkǒuchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huo⁴-tsʻung²-kʻou³-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hwò-tsúng-kǒu-chū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huohtsorngkoouchu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xocunkouču",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хоцункоучу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wo⁶ cung⁴ hau² ceot¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "woh chùhng háu chēut"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wo⁶ tsung⁴ hau² tsoet⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wo⁶ cung⁴ heo² cêd¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔː²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "禍從口出"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "祸从口出",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "禍從口出",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 出",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 口",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 從",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 禍",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "trouble goes out of the mouth; loose lips sink ships"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ],
        [
          "loose lips sink ships",
          "loose lips sink ships"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huòcóngkǒuchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wo⁶ cung⁴ hau² ceot¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huòcóngkǒuchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huòcóngkǒuchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huo⁴-tsʻung²-kʻou³-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hwò-tsúng-kǒu-chū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huohtsorngkoouchu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xocunkouču",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хоцункоучу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wo⁶ cung⁴ hau² ceot¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "woh chùhng háu chēut"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wo⁶ tsung⁴ hau² tsoet⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wo⁶ cung⁴ heo² cêd¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔː²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "禍從口出"
}

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