满口之乎者也

mǎn kǒu zhī hū zhě yě

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Definitions

1. mouth full of literary phrases
2. to spout the classics

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Child Words of 满口之乎者也

• 之 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 也 也 yě: (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)
• 口 口 kǒu: mouth
• 满 满 mǎn: Manchu ethnic group
• 者 者 zhě: (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
• 之乎者也 之乎者也 zhī hū zhě yě: lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
• 乎 乎 hū: (classical particle similar to 於|于[yú]) in
• 满口 满口 mǎn kǒu: a full mouth of (sth physical)