say what one does not mean

say what one does not mean

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǒ uzu ǐ m é IX ī n, which means that it is not meant to say, with "mouth without heart". From a dream of Red Mansions.

The origin of Idioms

The 78th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "don't be that Baoyu has no intention. He's like a fool and has never been a taboo. When he's happy, he'll talk nonsense."

Idiom usage

It means that people are quick to talk. The second volume of Zhou Libo's great changes in the mountain and Countryside: "he is admired by his cousins, who always say that he has" mouth but no heart. "