病從口入，禍從口出 bìng cóng kǒu rù ， huò cóng kǒu chū

illness from food, trouble from the tongue

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
病 bìng HSK 2
to fall ill; illness; disease
從 cóng
from; via; through
口 kǒu HSK 3
mouth
入 rù HSK 4
to enter; to go into; to join
禍 huò
misfortune; disaster; calamity
從 cóng
from; via; through
口 kǒu HSK 3
mouth
出 chū HSK 1
to go out; to come out