舌头咽进肚子里，大张嘴没个说的舌頭嚥進肚子里，大張嘴沒個說的舌頭嚥進肚子里，大張嘴沒個説的

the tongue swallowed into the belly: mouth wide open with nothing to say

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Said of someone left speechless because they have no argument left.

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Simplified: 舌头咽进肚子里，大张嘴没个说的
Traditional (Taiwan): 舌頭嚥進肚子里，大張嘴沒個說的
Traditional (Hong Kong): 舌頭嚥進肚子里，大張嘴沒個説的
Pinyin: shétou yàn jìn dǔzi lǐ, dà zhāngzuǐ méi ge shuō de
Pinyin (Taiwan): shétou yàn jìn dǔzi lǐ, dà zhāngzuǐ méi gè shuō de
Bopomofo: ㄕㄜˊ ˙ㄊㄡㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ，ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄕㄨㄛ ˙ㄉㄜ

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

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