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嚼舌根

jiáo shé gēn

3-character word

What 嚼舌根 means

1. to gossip
2. to argue unnecessarily

The characters in 嚼舌根

• 嚼jiáoto chew; also pr. jué
• 舌shétongue
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings

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