| 如 |
rú huáng zhī shé | lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom) / fig. a glib tongue |
| 如 |
rú | as / as if / such as |
| 簧 |
huáng | reed (of a music instrument) / spring; coil |
| 之 |
zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 舌 |
jī | used in 喇舌 to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue" |
| 舌 |
shé | tongue |