口干舌燥

Traditional form:

口乾舌燥

Pinyin (reading):

kǒugānshézào

Definitions:

• lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much

Characters:

• 口 - mouth; entrance, gate, opening
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 舌 - tongue; bell clapper
• 燥 - arid, dry, parched; quick-tempered

Traditional characters:

• 口 - mouth; entrance, gate, opening
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 舌 - tongue; bell clapper
• 燥 - arid, dry, parched; quick-tempered