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满口之乎者也

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mǎn kǒu zhī hū zhě yě

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 满口之乎者也

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

也
yě

(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)

口
kǒu

mouth

满
mǎn

Manchu ethnic group

者
zhě

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...

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
hū

(classical particle similar to 於|于[yú]) in

满口
mǎn kǒu

a full mouth of (sth physical)

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