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Home / Idiom / 摇唇鼓舌

wag one's tongue · flap one's lips and beat one's tongue · engage in loose talk (to stir up trouble) · go canvassing

摇唇鼓舌
yáo chún gǔ shé
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words · cheating wheedling · dishonest rhetoric花言巧语huā yán qiǎo yǔlit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) · fig. to have a glib tongue巧舌如簧qiǎo shé rú huángto wag one's tongue · to speak glibly鼓舌gǔ shéto call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention · to make one's views known大声疾呼dà shēng jí hū
Antonyms
dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) · left speechless; at a loss for words哑口无言yǎ kǒu wú yánhabitually silent (idiom) · reticent · uncommunicative沉默寡言chén mò guǎ yán