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Meaning of 言多必失

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
yán duō shī
if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)
Example Sentences
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And you don't know there is no need to say too much!
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Interprete the following into Chinese: Give people thy ear, but few thy voice. Take each mans censure, but reserve thy judgement.
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Perhaps it would be right to say that if we listen more, we should speak less. Then we might not say some of the things we afterwards regret.
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After expressing to one's great satisfaction, he will feel not only pleasure with his mouth, but also thirsty, feared and reflected to the possible mistakes of too much words.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - A mere two weeks in the job, Japan's finance minister has been rudely reminded of the cardinal rule when speaking to markets -- less is more.