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言多必失

yán duō bì shī

4-character word

What 言多必失 means

1. if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)

The characters in 言多必失

• 言yánwords; speech; to say
• 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
• 必bìcertainly; must; will
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail

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