HSK V7-9
Correct
有口无心
/ yǒu kǒu wúxīn /
Strokes
Definition
to speak harshly but without any bad intent (idiom)
Example
Definition
be sharp-tongued but not malicious; say what one does not really mean; one's bark is worse than his bite
1
Xiǎo
小
héshang
和尚
niànjīng
念经
,
yǒukǒuwúxīn
有口无心
。
An apprentice monk reciting scriptures―saying what one does not mean
2
Tā
他
zhège
这个
rén
人
yǒukǒuwúxīn
有口无心
nǐ
你
shì
是
liǎojiě
了解
de
的
。
You know what he is like. He says whatever enters his mind.