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唾沫星子

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Collocation

1
差点被唾沫星子淹死
2
唾沫星子乱飞
3
唾沫星子四溅

Definition

唾沫星子:

Literally means:

spray of saliva

Actually means:

gossip

It literally refers to sprays of saliva that can be seen when one is speaking.

It figuratively refers to a long talk or a lot of gossip about a person or thing. It is rarely used on formal occasions.

人说话时溅到嘴巴外面的小唾沫点子。

比喻一大段的话语,或对人对事的议论。一般不在正式场合使用。

Example

Used as subject or object. (作主语、宾语)
1
tiān
那天
zuòcuò
做错
liǎo
shì
  
,
quánjiārén
全家人
dōu
zài
pàn
批判
  
,
chàdiǎn
差点
bèi
tuòmo
唾沫
xīng
星子
yān
淹死
  

I did something wrong that day, the whole family was criticizing me, and I almost drowned by spitting stars.

2
Zhège
这个
bān
班级
shàng
上课
yǒu
zhǒng
guài
xiànxiàng
现象
  
:
lǎoshī
老师
de
tuòmo
唾沫
xīng
星子
luànfēi
乱飞
似乎
jiǎng
de
hěn
jìn
起劲
  
,
ér
xuésheng
学生
què
zài
wán
自己
de
shǒu
手机
  

There is a strange phenomenon in this class: the teacher's spitting stars seem to be flying with great energy, while the students are playing with their mobile phones.

3
Zhèxiē
这些
xiǎo
shāngrén
商人
dōu
shì
lǎo
yóutiáo
油条
  
,
gēnběn
根本
不怕
xiāofèizhě
消费者
de
tuòmo
唾沫
xīng
星子
  
,
kànyàngzi
看样子
de
yòng
法律
lái
yuēshù
约束
men
他们
  

These small businessmen are old oil bars, simply not afraid of consumers spitting stars, it seems that the law to restrain them.

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