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磨破嘴皮子

mó pò zuǐ pí zi

5-character word

What 磨破嘴皮子 means

1. to wear out one's lips (idiom)
2. to talk until one is blue in the face
3. to repeat again and again

The characters in 磨破嘴皮子

• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 嘴zuǐmouth; beak; nozzle
• 皮pískin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

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