七
嘴
八
舌

Lively discussion with everybody talking at once in Chinese: 七嘴八舌 (qī zuǐ bā shé)

qī zuǐ bā shé

lively discussion with everybody talking at once

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1lively discussion with everybody talking at once

Stroke order

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七
嘴
八
舌

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧ

qī

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄗㄨㄟˇ

zuǐ

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

ㄅㄚ

bā

ㄅ/ bㄚ/ a—/ first tone

ㄕㄜˊ

shé

ㄕ/ shㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 大家七嘴八舌地讨论起来。

    dà jiā qī zuǐ bā shé dì tǎo lùn qǐ lái。

    Everyone started discussing all at once.

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Related words

八

bā

eight

七

qī

seven

嘴

zuǐ

mouth

舌头

shé tou

tongue

嘴巴

zuǐ ba

mouth

八卦

bā guà

the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经

插嘴

chā zuǐ

to interrupt (sb talking)

吵嘴

chǎo zuǐ

to quarrel

咧嘴

liě zuǐ

to grin

嘴唇

zuǐ chún

lip

横七竖八

héng qī shù bā

in disorder

乱七八糟

luàn qī bā zāo

(idiom) chaotic

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