朗朗上口

lǎnglǎng-shàngkǒu

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Meanings

HSK 3

广告词要写得朗朗上口才容易记住。

Guǎnggàocí yào xiě de lǎnglǎng-shàngkǒu cái róngyì jìzhù.

Ad slogans need to be catchy to be memorable.

HSK 7-9

这首儿歌朗朗上口，孩子们都很喜欢。

Zhè shǒu érgē lǎnglǎng-shàngkǒu, háizi men dōu hěn xǐhuan.

This children's song rolls right off the tongue, and the kids all love it.

HSK 7-9

唐诗读起来朗朗上口。

Tángshī dú qǐlai lǎnglǎng-shàngkǒu.

Tang poems are a pleasure to read aloud.

usage

Almost always used to praise something read aloud - poems, slogans, song lyrics, nursery rhymes. Not appropriate for prose or technical writing.

memory

朗朗 mimics the clear ringing sound of reading aloud; 上口 means 'up onto the lips'. Think: 'so smooth it jumps onto your lips.'

朗 lǎng

上 shàng

口 kǒu