噤若寒蝉 jìnruòhánchán to keep quiet out of fear Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 噤若寒蝉 噤若寒蟬 jìnruòhánchán to keep quiet out of fear To be as silent as a cicada in late autumn; describes being too scared to speak up or say a word. Frequency Written text 0.290 per million Cross-References Antonym 滔滔不绝 tāotāobùjué口若悬河 kǒuruòxuánhé侃侃而谈 kǎnkǎn'értán直言不讳 zhíyánbùhuì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
噤若寒蝉 噤若寒蟬 jìnruòhánchán to keep quiet out of fear To be as silent as a cicada in late autumn; describes being too scared to speak up or say a word. Frequency Written text 0.290 per million Cross-References Antonym 滔滔不绝 tāotāobùjué口若悬河 kǒuruòxuánhé侃侃而谈 kǎnkǎn'értán直言不讳 zhíyánbùhuì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
