口头禅 meaning in English
pet phrase; lip-service; shibboleth; commonplace sayings; conventional expressions; common saying; cliché; cant
Examples
- That's a great expression of yours, isn't it ?
那是你得意的口头禅，是不是？ - I can't believe the cant about this religion or that religion .
我不信这个宗教或那个宗教的口头禅。 - For all who knew him, "ask herman" became a byword .
凡是认识他的人都把“问赫尔曼”当作一句口头禅。 - It was an idiom he'd caught from carol goldsmith .
这是他从卡洛尔戈德史密斯那儿学来的一句口头禅。