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What does 舌头 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

舌头 shétou

tongue

Its characters

  1. 舌 shé tongue
  2. 头 tou (suffix) noun suffix (as in 木头, 甜头)

In a sentence

汤太烫,我烫到舌头了。 The soup was too hot and I burned my tongue.

一天早上,一个农民哭着来到了县里,一进门就跪下了:“大人,我家的牛被人割了舌头!

From 牛的舌头 · Judge Bao and the case of the cut ox tongue

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