三寸不烂之舌 in English san1 cun4 bu4 lan4 zhi1 she2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to have a silver tongue
  • to have the gift of the gab

Simplified Characters

三 寸 不 烂 之 舌

Traditional Characters

三 寸 不 爛 之 舌

Pinyin

san1 cun4 bu4 lan4 zhi1 she2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

三san1surname San 寸cun4a unit of length 不bu4(negative prefix) 烂lan4soft 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 舌she2tongue