huo4
cong2
kou3
chu1
  1. Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

Characters

  • 祸 (旤): old variant of 禍|祸[huo4]
  • 从 (从): variant of 從|从[cong2]
  • 口 (口): mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
  • 出 (出): to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

Resources

Examples

祸从口出。

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