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脱口而出

tuō kǒu ér chū

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 脫口而出

脱口而出 (tuō kǒu ér chū) means "to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 脱口而出 means

1. idiomto blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)

The characters in 脱口而出

• 脱tuōto shed; to take off; to escape
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield

Example sentences

• 汤姆不假思索脱口而出。
  Tāngmǔ bùjiǎsīsuǒ tuōkǒu'érchū.
  Tom speaks without thinking.
• 这辆有点怪的车让我脱口而出"那是什么鬼东西啊?"
  Zhè liàng yǒudiǎn guài de chē ràng wǒ tuōkǒu'érchū "nàshi shénme guǐ dōngxi ā?"
  It was the sort of weird car that made me want to blurt out, "what the heck is that?"

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