口是祸之门,舌为斩身刀 口是禍之門,舌為斬身刀 口是禍之門,舌為斬身刀

the mouth is the gate of disaster; the tongue is the blade that cuts the body

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Simplified

口是祸之门,舌为斩身刀

Traditional (Taiwan)

口是禍之門,舌為斬身刀

Pinyin

kǒu shì huò zhī mén,shé wéi zhǎn shēn dāo

Pinyin (Taiwan)

kǒu shì huò zhī mén,shé wèi zhǎn shēn dāo

Bopomofo

ㄎㄡˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓ ㄇㄣˊ,ㄕㄜˊ ㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄢˇ ㄕㄣ ㄉㄠ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

Words in this sentence

• 口(kǒu)mouth
• 是(shì)be
• 祸(huò)disaster
• 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
• 门(mén)gate
• 舌(shé)tongue
• 为(wéi)as (in the capacity of)
• 斩(zhǎn)behead
• 身(shēn)body
• 刀(dāo)classifier for knife cuts or stabs

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