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guǎ​yán

taciturn

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  1. 这条船的船长是个沉默寡言的人,然而他的意图总是绝对清楚的。

    zhè tiáo chuán de chuán​zhǎng shì ge chén​mò​guǎ​yán de rén, rán'ér tā de yì​tú zǒng​shì jué​duì qīng chu de.

    The ship's captain was a man of few words, yet his intentions were always perfectly clear.

    Source: UM-Corpus: News