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病从口入，祸从口出

bìng cóng kǒu rù , huò cóng kǒu chū

9-character word Traditional 病從口入，禍從口出

What 病从口入，祸从口出 means

1. Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

The characters in 病从口入，祸从口出

• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill
• 从cóngfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
• 祸huòdisaster; misfortune; calamity
• 从cóngfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield