Word: 開口 (kāikǒu)

開口 is how 开口 is written in traditional characters. These are the example sentences on the site that use it, written the same way.

Simplified: 开口

開口 dictionary entry

kāikǒu: to open one's mouth; to start to talk

Full dictionary entry for 開口

Example sentences using 開口

8 sentences, showing page 1 of 1.

三個不開口,神仙難下手

sān gè bù kāikǒu,shénxiān nán xiàshǒu

if the three won't open their mouths, even an immortal can't get started
三百錢買了個瘟豬崽,死活不開口

sānbǎiqián mǎile ge wēn zhūzǎi,sǐhuó bù kāikǒu

three hundred coins buy a plague-struck piglet: dead or alive, it won't open its mouth
他一開口就露了底。

Tā yì kāikǒu jiù lùle dǐ.

The moment he opened his mouth, he gave himself away.
凡人不開口,神仙難動手

fánrén bù kāikǒu,shénxiān nán dòngshǒu

if a mortal doesn't open his mouth, even an immortal can't act
君子不開口，神仙猜不透

jūnzǐ bù kāikǒu, shénxiān cāibútòu

if a gentleman doesn't speak, not even an immortal can guess
開口求人難

kāikǒu qiúrén nán

opening your mouth to ask a favour is hard
牛欄里伸進馬嘴來，沒你開口的份兒

niúlán lǐ shēn jìn mǎ zuǐ lái, méi nǐ kāikǒu de fènr

a horse's muzzle poking into the cattle pen: no place for you to open your mouth
《百家姓》讀掉頭一個字，開口就說錢

《bǎijiāxìng》dú diàotóu yí gè zì, kāikǒu jiù shuō qián

read the Hundred Family Surnames without its first character: the first word out of your mouth is 'money'