Pronunciation: zhāng kǒu Jie shé?

Meaning: tongue tied: the tongue can't turn. I can't speak with my mouth open. Describe a clumsy argument, or become speechless because of nervousness and fear.

Source: Qu Bo's "Lin Yuan" 28: "The murderer felt that the sound was like an iron bar hitting him on the head. He turned to look, panicked and tongue-tied. "

Faced with all the evidence, he was tongue-tied and speechless.

Synonym clumsiness

Pronunciation: Zhu is not Zhu zuǐbèn shé?

Meaning: Your tongue is not bright and you are not good at words.

Source: Qing Suiyuan Xia Shilin: "I don't pay attention to it everywhere; Just clumsy; I dare not speak easily. "

Example: She never imagined that Hanyang, a clumsy oriental city, had a complete philosophy of life at such a critical moment.