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唇槍舌劍 (seon4 coeng1 sit6 gim3) — cross swords with sb; engage in a battle of words; have a heated verbal exchange in Cantonese

seonˎ₄唇coengˉ¹槍sitˍ₆舌gim˗₃劍
简 唇枪舌剑
Mandarin Pinyin: chun2 qiang1 she2 jian4

Meaning of 唇槍舌劍

nouncross swords with sb; engage in a battle of words; have a heated verbal exchange
nounwith one's lips like a spear and a tongue like a sword

Characters in 唇槍舌劍

唇seon4
lip; lip-shaped thing; [adj] labial
槍coeng1
spear; lance; javelin
舌sit6
tongue-shaped object
劍gim3
sword; dagger; saber | [variant]

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