三寸不爛之舌

See also: 三寸不烂之舌

Chinese

		three	a unit of length	not; no	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	's; him/her/it; this	tongue
trad. (三寸不爛之舌)		三	寸	不	爛	之	舌
simp. (三寸不烂之舌)		三	寸	不	烂	之	舌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sān cùn bù làn zhī shé

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ ㄓ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ cyun³ bat¹ laan⁶ zi¹ sit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sān cùn bù làn zhī shé [Phonetic: sān cùn bú làn zhī shé]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ ㄓ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: san cùn bù làn jhih shé
    • Wade–Giles: san¹ tsʻun⁴ pu⁴ lan⁴ chih¹ shê²
    • Yale: sān tswùn bù làn jr̄ shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: san tsuenn bu lann jy sher
    • Palladius: сань цунь бу лань чжи шэ (sanʹ cunʹ bu lanʹ čži šɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ län⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saam¹ cyun³ bat¹ laan⁶ zi¹ sit⁶
    • Yale: sāam chyun bāt laahn jī siht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsyn³ bat⁷ laan⁶ dzi¹ sit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ qun³ bed¹ lan⁶ ji¹ xid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³ pɐt̚⁵ laːn²² t͡siː⁵⁵ siːt̚²/

Idiom

三寸不爛之舌

1. to have a silver tongue; to have a way with words; to have an ability to schmooze