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Definition(s) for: 口不择言

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
口不择言 kǒu bù zé yán - to speak incoherently
- to ramble
- to talk irresponsibly

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 75,497 53,153

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
kǒu- mouth
- classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
- classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- to select
- to choose
- to pick over
- to pick out
- to differentiate
- to eliminate
- also pr. [zhai2]
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk

Other Words Containing 口不择言

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo