不苟言笑 bùgǒuyánxiào serious and reserved Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 不苟言笑 bùgǒuyánxiào serious and reserved serious in speech and manner; not speaking or laughing casually; often used to describe someone who is dignified, stern, or unapproachable Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.486 per million Cross-References Synonym 一本正经 yīběnzhèngjīng不苟言谈 bùgǒuyántán Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
不苟言笑 bùgǒuyánxiào serious and reserved serious in speech and manner; not speaking or laughing casually; often used to describe someone who is dignified, stern, or unapproachable Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.486 per million Cross-References Synonym 一本正经 yīběnzhèngjīng不苟言谈 bùgǒuyántán Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)