話到嘴邊留三分 huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn

A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
speech; talk; conversation
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
mouth; beak; spout (of teapot etc)
side; edge; border
to stay; to remain; to keep
three; 3; surname San
minute (unit of time); to divide; to separate