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[口乾舌燥] kǒugānshézào lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much

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        kǒu, mouth/classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, well...
        shāngkǒu, [傷口], wound/cut
        jièkǒu, to use as an excuse/on the pretext/excuse/pretext
        kāikǒu, [開口], to open one's mouth/to start to talk
        chūkǒu, an exit/CL:個|个[gè]/to speak/to export/(of a ship) to leave port
        kǒudài, pocket/bag/sack/CL:個|个[gè]
        ménkǒu, [門口], doorway/gate/CL:個|个[gè]
        rénkǒu, population/people
        kǒuyīn/kǒuyin, oral speech sounds (linguistics), voice/accent
        rùkǒu, entrance/to import
        kǒuwèi, a person's preferences/tastes (in food)/flavor
        kǒuxiāngtáng, chewing gum
        kǒujìng, [口徑], caliber/diameter of opening
        wèikǒu, appetite/liking
        xiōngkǒu, pit of the stomach
        gǎngkǒu, port/harbor
        kǒuxìn, oral message
        chuāngkǒu, window/opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window)/comput...
        kǒugòng, oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bǐ gòng])/statement/deposition
        kǒuhóng, [口紅], lipstick
        zhùkǒu, shut up/shut your mouth/stop talking
        qīnkǒu, [親口], one's own mouth/fig. in one's own words/to say sth personally
        lùkǒu, crossing/intersection (of roads)
        kǒuqì, [口氣], tone of voice/the way one speaks/manner of expression/tone
        
        kǒushuǐ, saliva
        kǒushào, whistle
        jìnkǒu, [進口], to import/imported/entrance/inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
        
        kǒukě, thirsty
        qiāngkǒu, [槍口], muzzle of a gun
        kǒuhào, [口號], slogan/catchphrase/CL:個|个[gè]
        mièkǒu, [滅口], to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret/to silence sb
        kǒulìng, oral command/a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts)/password (u...
        tōngfēngkǒu, [通風口], air vent/opening for ventilation
        kěkǒu, tasty/to taste good
        shǒukǒurúpíng, lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped/reticent/no...
        
        shízìlùkǒu, crossroads/intersection
        kǒutóu, [口頭], oral/verbal
        qiēkǒu/qièkǒu, incision/notch/slit/gash/margin of a page/trimmed edge (of a page in a book), sl...
        shēngkou, animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc)/beast of burden
        kǒuzi, hole/opening/cut/gap/gash/my husband or wife/classifier for people (used for ind...
        húkǒu, [餬口], to scrape a meager living/to get by with difficulty, variant of 糊口[hú kǒu]
        kǒuqiāng, oral cavity
        shùkǒu, to rinse one's mouth/to gargle
        kǒujì, beat boxing/vocal mimicry/ventriloquism
        jiēkǒu, interface/port/connector
        kǒutóuchán, [口頭禪], Zen saying repeated as cant/(fig.) catchphrase/mantra/favorite expression/stock ...
        quēkǒu, nick/jag/gap/shortfall
        suíkǒu, [隨口], (speak) without thinking the matter through
        
        tuōkǒuérchū, [脫口而出], to blurt out/to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
        kǒuchòu, bad breath/halitosis
        kǒujiǎo/kǒujué, corner of the mouth, altercation/wrangle/angry argument
        kǒushé, dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip/to talk sb round
        Kěkǒukělè, [可口可樂], Coca-Cola
        Dòngkǒu/dòngkǒu, Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[Shào yáng], Hunan, cave mouth/tunnel entrance
        chuāngkǒu, [創口], a wound/a cut
        kǒucái, eloquence
        fēngkǒu, to close up/to heal (of wound)/to keep one's lips sealed
        kǒuqín, harmonica
齿         kǒuchǐ, [口齒], mouth and teeth/enunciation/to articulate/diction/age (of cattle, horses etc)
        kǒushù, to dictate/to recount orally
        lièkǒu, breach/split/rift/vent (volcanic crater)
        jiāochākǒu, (road) intersection
        
        huǒshānkǒu, volcanic crater
        
        kǒugǎn, taste/texture (of food)/how food feels in the mouth
        jìnchūkǒu, [進出口], import and export
        kǒuzhào, mask (surgical etc)
        dēngjīkǒu, [登機口], departure gate (aviation)
        
        kǒuwěn, tone of voice/connotation in intonation/accent (regional etc)/snout/muzzle/lips/...
        guānkǒu, [關口], pass/gateway/(fig.) juncture
        hùkǒu, [戶口], population (counted as number of households for census or taxation)/registered r...
        xiùkǒu, cuff
        yīkǒuqì, [一口氣], one breath/in one breath/at a stretch
        
        hǔkǒu, tiger's den/dangerous place/the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand
        kǒukoushēngshēng, [口口聲聲], to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
        kǒufēng, [口風], meaning behind the words/what sb really means to say/one's intentions as reveale...
        dǎowèikǒu, to spoil one's appetite/fig. to get fed up with sth
        mùdèngkǒudāi, dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied/stunned
        
        sōngkǒu, [鬆口], to let go of sth held in one's mouth/(fig.) to relent/to yield
        xìnkǒukāihé, [信口開河], to speak without thinking (idiom)/to blurt sth out
        xìnkǒu, to blurt sth out/to open one's mouth without thinking
        zhāngkǒu, [張口], to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc)/to gape/to start talking (esp. to make a...
        
        duānkǒu, interface/port
        zànbùjuékǒu, [讚不絕口]/[贊不絕口], to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven, to praise without cea...
        
        dāokǒu, the edge of a knife/cut/incision
        kǒubēi, public praise/public reputation/commonly held opinions/current idiom
        dùkǒu, ferry crossing
        Shānkǒu/shānkǒu, Yamaguchi (Japanese surname and place name)/Yamaguchi prefecture in southwest of...
        kǒuchī, to stammer/to stutter/also pr. [kǒu jí]
        
        shùnkǒu, [順口], to read smoothly (of text)/to blurt out (without thinking)/to suit one's taste (...
        gǎikǒu, to change one's tune/to modify one's previous remark/to change the way one addre...
        shàngkǒu, to be able to read aloud fluently/to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud
        lǐngkǒu, [領口], collar/neckband/neckline/the place where the two ends of a collar meet
        xiǎoliǎngkǒu, [小兩口], (coll.) young married couple
        pòkǒudàmà, [破口大罵], to abuse roundly
        kǒuyǔ, [口語], colloquial speech/spoken language/vernacular language/slander/gossip/CL:門|门[mén]
        
        
        liǎngkǒuzi, [兩口子], husband and wife
        yìkǒutóngshēng, [異口同聲], different mouths, same voice/to speak in unison (idiom)
        lǎnglǎngshàngkǒu, to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry)/to recite with ease/catchy (o...
        Jiāokǒu, Jiaokou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lǚ liáng], Shanxi 山西
        Zhákǒu/zhákǒu, [閘口], area in the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou, open sluice gate/(toll) station/boa...
        chàkǒu, junction/fork in road
        shǐkǒufǒurèn, [矢口否認], to deny flatly
        
        kǒuliáng, [口糧], ration
        kǒufú, happy knack for chancing upon fine food
        jìnkǒushāng, [進口商], importer/import business
        dānkǒuxiàngshēng, [單口相聲], comic monologue/one-person comic sketch
        duìkǒu, [對口], (of two performers) to speak or sing alternately/to be fit for the purposes of a...
        sānjiānqíkǒu, [三緘其口], (idiom) reluctant to speak about it/tight-lipped
        xīnkǒu, pit of the stomach/solar plexus/words and thoughts
        
        ràokǒulìng, [繞口令], tongue-twister
        shuǎngkǒu, fresh and tasty
        
        xīnfúkǒufú, to accept wholeheartedly/to embrace/to be won over
        kǒushì, [口試], oral examination/oral test
        kǒufú, to take medicine orally/oral (contraceptive etc)/to say that one is convinced
        kǒuruòxuánhé, [口若懸河], mouth like a torrent (idiom)/eloquent/glib/voluble/have the gift of the gab
        àikǒu, narrow mountain pass/defile
        yīkǒuyǎodìng, to arbitrarily assert/to allege/to stick to one's statement/to cling to one's vi...
        
        
        fēngkǒu, [風口], air vent/drafty place/wind gap (geology)/tuyere (furnace air nozzle)
        àokǒu, hard to pronounce/awkward-sounding
        
        
        fēngkǒulàngjiān, [風口浪尖], where the wind and the waves are the fiercest/at the heart of the struggle
        
        xuèkǒu, bloody mouth (from devouring freshly killed prey)
        xīnzhíkǒukuài, frank and outspoken (idiom)/straight speaking/to say what one thinks
        kuākǒu, [誇口], to boast
        rénkǒushù, [人口數], population
        Hǎikǒu/hǎikǒu, Haikou prefecture-level city and capital of Hainan Province 海南省[Hǎi nán Shěng], ...
        kǒujué, [口訣], mnemonic chant/rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order ...
        
        
        hékǒu, estuary/the mouth of a river
        kǒuàn, a port for external trade/a trading or transit post on border between countries
        kǒushí, [口實], food/salary (old)/a pretext/a cause for gossip
        jǐngkǒu, entrance to mine
        
        
        kǒutóuyǔ, [口頭語], pet phrase/regularly used expression/manner of speaking
        
        kǒuyì, [口譯], interpreting
        Gǔkǒu, Taniguchi (Japanese surname)
        kuàizhìrénkǒu, [膾炙人口], appealing to the masses/universally appreciated (idiom)
        měiwèikěkǒu, delicious/tasty
        kǔkǒupóxīn, earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
        
        kǒuchūkuángyán, to speak conceited nonsense/to come out with arrogant claptrap
        
        
        shùnkǒuliū, [順口溜], popular piece of doggerel/common phrase repeated as a jingle
        chākǒu, socket (for an electric plug)/to interrupt (sb speaking)/to butt in
        
        Hànkǒu, [漢口], Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei
        
        jìkǒu, abstain from certain food (as when ill)/avoid certain foods/be on a diet
        
        chūkǒushāng, exporter/export business
        
        zhòngkǒuyīcí, [眾口一詞], all of one voice/unanimous
        
        
        
        
        
        Gǎngkǒuqū, [港口區], Gangkou district of Fangchenggang city 防城港市[Fáng chéng gǎng shì], Guangxi
        kǒuzhūbǐfá, [口誅筆伐], to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)/to denounce by word and pen
        chūkǒué, [出口額], export amount
        liǎngkǒur, [兩口兒], husband and wife/couple
        yǒukǒujiēbēi, every voice gives praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
        chūqìkǒu, [出氣口], gas or air outlet/emotional outlet
        shòupiàokǒu, ticket window
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        kǒuchuāng, [口瘡], mouth ulcer
        
        juékǒu, [決口], (of a watercourse) to breach its banks/(of a dam) to burst
        hùkǒuběn, [戶口本], household register/household registration booklet/residence certificate
        zǒngrénkǒu, [總人口], total population
        
        rùhǎikǒu, estuary
        
        
        
        Xīkǒu, Xikou or Hsikou township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        kǒufù, (fig.) food
        jìnshuǐkǒu, [進水口], water inlet
        
        
        kǒuchuán, [口傳], orally transmitted
        
        
        
        
        
        
簿         hùkǒubù, [戶口簿], household register
        
        
        

        gān/Gān/gàn, [乹]/[乾]/[亁]/[幹], old variant of 乾|干[gān], surname Gan, dry/clean/in vain/dried food/foster/adopti...
        gànmá, [幹嗎], see 幹嘛|干嘛[gàn má]
        gànshénme, [幹什麼], what are you doing?/what's he up to?
        gānjìng, [乾淨], clean/neat
        gānbēi, [乾杯], to drink a toast/Cheers! (proposing a toast)/Here's to you!/Bottoms up!/lit. dry...
        gàndiào, [幹掉], to get rid of
        gànhuó, [幹活], to work/to be employed
        bǐnggān, [餅乾], biscuit/cracker/cookie/CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
        gāncuì, [乾脆], straightforward/clear-cut/blunt (e.g. statement)/you might as well/simply
        gānrǎo, [干擾], to disturb/to interfere/perturbation/interference (physics)
        gānshè, to interfere/to meddle/interference
        gānlào, [乾酪], cheese
        gānyù, [干預], to meddle/to intervene/intervention
        guìgàn, [貴幹], (polite) your business/what brings you?
        gānzào, [乾燥], to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)/desiccation/dull/uninteresting/arid
        
        gānxǐ, [乾洗], to dry clean/dry cleaning
        dāngàn, [單幹], to work on one's own/to work single-handed/individual farming
        pútaogān, [葡萄乾], raisin/dried grape
        gànxìbāo, [幹細胞], stem cell
        
        gānxì, [干係], responsibility
        yīgānèrjìng, [一乾二淨], thoroughly (idiom)/completely/one and all/very clean
        hōnggān, [烘乾], to dry over a stove
        gànjìn, [幹勁], enthusiasm for doing sth
        gānjìnglìluo, [乾淨利落], squeaky clean/neat and tidy/efficient
        
        cáigàn, [才幹], ability/competence
        Wūgāndá, [烏干達], Uganda
        ruògān, a certain number or amount/how many?/how much?
        gāncǎo, [乾草], hay
        
        gānhàn, [乾旱], drought/arid/dry
        nénggàn, [能幹], capable/competent
        rǔxiùwèigān, [乳臭未乾], smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced/still w...
        qūgàn, [軀幹], trunk/torso
        gānbīng, [乾冰], dry ice (i.e. frozen CÓ)/CL:塊|块[kuài]
        gānhé, [乾涸], to dry up
        
        gànshi, [幹事], administrator/executive secretary
        xiānggān, relevant/to have to do with/coherent (Physics: light etc)
        shùgàn, [樹幹], tree trunk
        gānkū, [乾枯], withered/dried up
        
        gànbù, [幹部], cadre/official/officer/manager
        gànhuór, [幹活兒], erhua variant of 幹活|干活[gàn huó]
        gōnggàn, [公幹], public business/official work
线         gànxiàn, [幹線], main line/trunk line
        
        gānbiě, [乾癟], dried out/wizened/shriveled
        liànggān, [晾乾], to dry by the sun
        gānbābā, [乾巴巴], dry/parched/dull/insipid
        dàdònggāngē, [大動干戈], to go to war (idiom)/to make a big fuss over sth
        máitóukǔgàn, [埋頭苦幹], to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work/to make an all-out effo...
        fēnggān, [風乾], to air-dry/to season (timber etc)/air-dried/air-drying
        gāncuìlìluo, [乾脆利落], (of speech or actions) direct and efficient/without fooling around
        gānguǒ, [乾果], dried fruit/dry fruits (nuts etc)
        gǔgàn, [骨幹], diaphysis (long segment of a bone)/fig. backbone
        BāěrgànBàndǎo, [巴爾幹半島], Balkan Peninsula
        shígàn, [實幹], to work industriously/to get things done
        gānliáng, [乾糧], rations (to take on expedition)
        hégān, what business?
        gāngē, weapons of war/arms
        gànjiàng, [幹將], capable person
        shígànjiā, [實幹家], sb who gets things done/doer
        jīnggàn, [精幹], crack (troops)/special (forces)/highly capable
        gànliàn, [幹練], capable and experienced
        kǔgàn, [苦幹], to work hard
        mángàn, [蠻幹], to act rashly/to act precipitously regardless of the consequences/reckless/foolh...
        
        gānshuǎng, [乾爽], dry and clean/clear and fresh
        
        gānsè, [乾澀], dry and rough (skin)/hoarse (voice)/dry and heavy (style)
        gānkě, [乾渴], parched/dry mouth
        gāndiē, [乾爹], adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
        
        dàgàn, [大幹], to go all out/to work energetically
        yìnggàn, [硬幹], by brute strength/rashly and forcefully/bull-headed/to work tenaciously with no ...
        gāndèngyǎn, [乾瞪眼], to watch helplessly
        gānhuò, [乾貨], dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and ab...
        
        Dégān, Deccan (India)
        
        kūgān, [枯乾], withered
        
        gānliè, [乾裂], (of dry soil, skin etc) to crack/to chap
        gānfàn, [乾飯], cooked and dried rice
        gānmā, [乾媽], adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
        
        gàndào, [幹道], arterial road/main road/main watercourse
        
        bāogān, [包乾], to have the full responsibility of a job/allocated task
        wàiqiángzhōnggān, [外強中乾], strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
        Bāěrgàn, [巴爾幹], Balkan
        xiānggān, [香乾], smoked bean curd
线         Xīngànxiàn, [新幹線], Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
        
        
        jīngmíngnénggàn, [精明能幹], able and efficient
        
        gānbèi, [乾貝], conpoy/dried scallop
        gānrǎosù, [干擾素], interferon
        gànliú, [幹流], main stream (of a river)
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        gānnǚér, [乾女兒], adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
        
线         zhǔgànxiàn, [主幹線], trunk line (of road, network etc)/backbone (cable)
        tiāngān, the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jiǎ], 乙[yǐ], 丙[bǐng], 丁[dīng], 戊[wù], 己[jǐ], 庚[gēng], 辛[...
        
        
        zhǔgàn, [主幹], trunk/main/core
        
        
        gānzháojí, [乾著急], to worry helplessly
        gànjǐng, [幹警], police/police cadres
        gānzàojì, [乾燥劑], desiccant
        
        
        gānfěn, [乾粉], dry powder
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        gānshòu, [乾瘦], wizened/skinny and shriveled
        
        
        
        
        
        
        gānérzi, [乾兒子], adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        gàncái, [幹才], ability/capable
        
        
        
        
        gānǒu, [乾嘔], to retch
        gānniáng, [乾娘], adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
        
        
        
        
        
        

        shétou, [舌頭], tongue/CL:個|个[gè]/enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting informati...
        shé, tongue
        ráoshé, [饒舌], talkative/to blather/to shoot one's mouth off/rap (genre of music)
        kǒushé, dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip/to talk sb round
        
        shéjiān, tip of tongue/apical
        chángshéfù, [長舌婦], female gossip/busybody
        jiáoshé, to gossip/to argue unnecessarily
        chúnshé, argument/words/lips and tongue
        dàshétou, [大舌頭], (coll.) lisp/one who lisps
        qiǎoshérúhuáng, lit. to have a tongue like a reed (idiom)/fig. to have a glib tongue
        chēngmùjiéshé, [瞠目結舌], stupefied/flabbergasted
        hóushé, mouthpiece/spokesperson
        chúnqiāngshéjiàn, [唇槍舌劍], fight a battle of words/cross verbal swords
        huǒshé, tongue of flame
        qīzuǐbāshé, lively discussion with everybody talking at once
        yāshémào, [鴨舌帽], peaked cap
        
        Sàishéěr, [塞舌爾], the Seychelles
        
        shézhàn, [舌戰], verbal sparring/duel of words
        shégēn, back of tongue/tongue root/dorsal
        xiǎoshé, uvula
        
        zhàshé, to be speechless/also pr. [zé shé]
        
        

        gānzào, [乾燥], to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)/desiccation/dull/uninteresting/arid
        kūzào, dry and dull/uninteresting/dry-as-dust
        zào, dry/parched/impatient
        
        
        gānzàojì, [乾燥劑], desiccant

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