话到嘴边留三分
话到嘴边留三分
huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn
A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
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Traditional: 話到嘴邊留三分
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- (idiom) A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
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Related Words
智者千虑，必有一失(zhì zhě qiān lǜ , bì yǒu yī shī)— lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible
→不失为(bù shī wéi)— can still be considered (to be...)
→九死一生(jiǔ sǐ yī shēng)— nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
→乳臭未干(rǔ xiù wèi gān)— smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
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