病從口入,禍從口出

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Chinese

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ailment; illness; disease
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
 
from; obey; observe
from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried
 
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) to enter disaster
from; obey; observe
from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried
 
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
to go out; to come out; to occur
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
 
trad. (病從口入,禍從口出)
simp. (病从口入,祸从口出)
Literally: “Disease goes in by the mouth and trouble comes out of the mouth.”

Pronunciation

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Proverb

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病從口入,禍從口出

  1. illness comes in via the mouth because of food and trouble goes out via the mouth because of words; carefulness is required in one's diet and speech

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (病從口入,禍從口出):

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Phrase

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病從口入禍從口出

  1. chữ Hán form of bệnh tòng khẩu nhập, hoạ tòng khẩu xuất.