口舌

dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round

Characters and words in 口舌

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"
tongue

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) used a kilogram (千) to crush mandarins (口) on the elevator's kitchen (e2) counter. He's licking up the juice with his tongue (舌).

Words with 口舌

to boast of one's quarrels to others (idiom)
to argue needlessly / to waste time explaining

Sentences with 口舌

口舌 currently does not appear in any sentence.