从口入 (從口入) cóng kǒu rù

cóng kǒu rù phrase entered the opening
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from the poem 桃花源記 “Peach Blossom Shangri-la” by 陶淵明 Tao Yuanming 365-427 in Scroll 6 of 陶淵明集 Tao Yuanming Collected Poems (Tao Yuan Ming, Davis, and Steelman tr. 2008)

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• 病从口入(病從口入) Illness enters by the mouth . Mind what you eat!; A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
• 病从口入，祸从口出(病從口入，禍從口出) Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth . A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

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• 卷之六　記傳贊述 Scroll 6: Narration on History and Biography Tao Yuanming Collected Poems 陶淵明集 — count: 1