出 chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 屮 sprout 凵 container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
出口成章
chūkǒuchéngzhāng
to speak eloquently; to speak fluently and literarily
Characters in this word
口 kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
章 zhāng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 她读书很多，说起话来出口成章。 Tā dúshū hěn duō, shuō qǐ huà lái chūkǒuchéngzhāng. She reads a lot and speaks eloquently without effort.
- 老教授一开口就出口成章，学生们都听得入迷。 Lǎo jiàoshòu yì kāikǒu jiù chūkǒuchéngzhāng, xuéshengmen dōu tīng de rùmí. The old professor speaks fluently and elegantly the moment he opens his mouth, and his students listen spellbound.
- 他不是天生出口成章，而是每天坚持背诗。 Tā bú shì tiānshēng chūkǒuchéngzhāng, ér shì měitiān jiānchí bèi shī. He wasn't born eloquent; he memorises poems every day.