口乾舌燥 kǒu gān shé zào

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much

CHARACTERS

口 kǒu
HSK 3
mouth; open end; entrance, gate
乾 gān dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)
舌 shé
HSK 6
tongue; clapper of bell; KangXi radical 135
燥 zào
HSK 5
dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered