病從口入,禍從口出

Chinese

 
ailment; illness; disease
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
 
from; obey; observe
from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) to enter disaster
 
from; obey; observe
from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
 
to go out; to come out; to occur
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
trad. (病從口入,禍從口出)
simp. (病从口入,祸从口出)
Literally: “Disease goes in by the mouth and trouble comes out of the mouth.”

Pronunciation


Proverb

病從口入,禍從口出

  1. illness comes in via the mouth because of food and trouble goes out via the mouth because of words; carefulness is required in one's diet and speech

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (病從口入,禍從口出):

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Phrase

病從口入禍從口出

  1. chữ Hán form of bệnh tòng khẩu nhập, hoạ tòng khẩu xuất.
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