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粵語辭叢

出口成文

ceot1 hau2 sing4 man4included in 1 dictionaries
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字面意思係指某人隨便説話都可以成為文章;指人口才好,有學養 (used to describe somebody with good oratory skills and being well educated; literally: casually spoken words are capable of becoming literature)

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Examples

佢出口成文,文采斐然,果然係文學期刊嘅編輯。

keoi5 ceot1 hau2 sing4 man4, man4 coi2 fei2 jin4, gwo2 jin4 hai6 man4 hok6 kei4 hon1 ge3 pin1 cap1.

What he says sounds like a well-written essay! No wonder he is an editor of a literary journal.