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三寸不烂之舌

sān cùn bù làn zhī shé

6-character word Traditional 三寸不爛之舌

What 三寸不烂之舌 means

1. to have a silver tongue
2. to have the gift of the gab

The characters in 三寸不烂之舌

• 三sānthree; 3
• 寸cùna unit of length; inch; thumb
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 舌shétongue