赞不绝口 (zàn bù jué kǒu)

Character breakdown

• 赞 (zàn) · 16 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 兟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 贊.

• 不 (bù) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

• 绝 (jué) · 9 strokes

  Depicts a knife (刀) cutting a thread (纟). 卩 represents the sound. Simplified form of 絕.

• 口 (kǒu) · 3 strokes

  Pictograph of a mouth.

Usage

大家对这道菜赞不绝口。

to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven

dà jiā duì zhè dào cài zàn bù jué kǒu 。