禍從口出 huò cóng kǒu chū

careless words bring trouble

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

Characters

Character Meaning
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