嘴上没毛，办事不牢

Traditional form:

嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢

Pinyin (reading):

zuǐshàngméimáo,bànshìbùláo

Definitions:

• a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)

Characters:

• 嘴 - mouth, lips
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
• 没 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 毛 - hair, fur, feathers; coarse
• 办 - to set up; to manage, to run; to deal with, to handle
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 牢 - pen, prison, stable; fast, firm, secure

Traditional characters:

• 嘴 - mouth, lips
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
• 沒 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 毛 - hair, fur, feathers; coarse
• 辦 - to set up; to manage, to run; to deal with, to handle
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 牢 - pen, prison, stable; fast, firm, secure