言多必失

Traditional form:

言多必失

Pinyin (reading):

yánduōbìshī

Definitions:

• if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)

Characters:

• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 必 - surely, certainly; must; will
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect

Traditional characters:

• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 必 - surely, certainly; must; will
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect