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Open the tool →口衔天宪 (kǒu xián tiān xiàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have absolute authority in one's words”.
口衔天宪 is pronounced kǒu xián tiān xiàn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 口衔天宪 means “mouth holding heavenly law”. It is used to mean “to have absolute authority in one's words”.
比喻说话就是法律,可以决定人的生死。同“口含天宪”。