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A dull tongue

Time: 2022-01-30 22:03:51 Author: ChinaWiki.net

A dull tongue

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ǐ Lu ò sh é D ù n, which means that old people lose their teeth and can't speak clearly. From a dream of Red Mansions.

The origin of Idioms

The second chapter of a dream of Red Mansions: "the old monk is deaf and faint, and his tongue is blunt. What he answered is not what he asked."

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: glib

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used of the elderly.

A dull tongue


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