嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢

Chinese

		mouth	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	have not; drowned; to end have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar		to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	not; no	firm; fast
trad. (嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢)		嘴	上	沒	毛	，	辦	事	不	牢
simp. (嘴上没毛，办事不牢)		嘴	上	没	毛	，	办	事	不	牢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuǐ shàng méi máo, bàn shì bù láo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ , ㄅㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǐ shàng méi máo, bàn shì bù láo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ , ㄅㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuěi shàng méi máo, bàn shìh bù láo
    • Wade–Giles: tsui³ shang⁴ mei² mao², pan⁴ shih⁴ pu⁴ lao²
    • Yale: dzwěi shàng méi máu-, bàn shr̀ bù láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoei shanq mei mau, bann shyh bu lau
    • Palladius: цзуй шан мэй мао, бань ши бу лао (czuj šan mɛj mao, banʹ ši bu lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/

Proverb

嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢

1. a young person is unreliable to do things.

See also

• 嘴上無毛，辦事不牢／嘴上无毛，办事不牢