MEANING/意义
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to open one's mouth (to say sth，to ask for a loan or favor) ; (dialect) to gape or yawnType verb/动词
张口
EXAMPLES/列句
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饭来张口，衣来伸手
have only to open one's mouth to be fed and hold out one's hands to be dressed (lead an easy life，live like a parasite) -
衣来伸手，饭来张口
hold out one's hands when one wants to dress，open the mouth when one wants to eat -- to have laziness as one's second nature，just sit there and enjoy without working for it
COMBINATIONS/组合
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张口困难
difficulty of opening the mouth
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饭来张口
with meals available at an arm's stretch，live on the labour of others
