| 口干舌燥 |
kǒu gān shé zào |
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much |
| 口 |
kǒu |
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 干 |
gān |
old variant of 干 |
| 干 |
Gān |
surname Gan |
| 干 |
gān |
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder |
| 干 |
gān |
variant of 干 |
| 干 |
Gān |
surname Gan |
| 干 |
gān |
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield |
| 干 |
gàn |
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed |
| 舌 |
jī |
used in 喇舌 to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue" |
| 舌 |
shé |
tongue |
| 燥 |
zào |
dry; parched / impatient; vexed / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat |