開金口
hoi1 gam1 hau2kāi jīn kǒuinferred
English
- an important person to make an influential speech
- a taciturn person to speak and to sing
粵語 — Cantonese
- 位高權重嘅人開口講一啲有影響力嘅説話
- 惜字如金、寡言嘅人開口講嘢或唱歌
Examples
佢哋最聽你話,你肯開金口就一定冇問題。
They always listen to you. If you ask them, there would be no problem. ----
佢平時粒聲唔出,難得今日開金口同我哋一齊討論。
He doesn't talk much usually. Today is a rare case that he discuss with us.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk