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"a mouthful" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
一口 yī kǒu readily / flatly (deny, admit and so on) / a mouthful / a bite
Chinese Pinyin Translation
大口 dà kǒu big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping
大块朵颐 大塊朵頤 dà kuài duǒ yí to chew on a large slab (idiom) / a large mouthful is hard to chew / to tuck into a great meal
别嘴 彆嘴 biè zuǐ mouthful (awkward speech) / tongue-twister
一口吃不成胖子 yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence
一口吃个胖子 一口吃個胖子 yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible / to be impatient for success
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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