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有口無心 (jau5 hau2 mou4 sam1) — to speak with venom but without ill-intent; to speak harshly but not maliciously in Cantonese

jauˏ₅有hauˊ²口mouˎ₄無samˉ¹心
简 有口无心
Mandarin Pinyin: you3 kou3 wu2 xin1

Meaning of 有口無心

nounto speak with venom but without ill-intent; to speak harshly but not maliciously
noun(People) don't mean what they say

Characters in 有口無心

有jau5
there is; exist; be present
口hau2
edge or blade of a knife
無mou4
no matter what (or how); not yet
心sam1
Kangxi radical 61

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