Definition

Examples

• 他这样做只会给别人留下口实。
  Tā zhèyàng zuò zhǐ huì gěi biérén liú xià kǒu shí.
  Acting this way will only give others a pretext.
• 政敌利用这件事作为攻击他的口实。
  Zhèngdí lìyòng zhè jiàn shì zuòwéi gōngjī tā de kǒu shí.
  Political opponents used this incident as a pretext to attack him.
• 他找了一个口实推掉了那项任务。
  Tā zhǎo le yí ge kǒu shí tuī diào le nà xiàng rènwù.
  He found an excuse to turn down that task.