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缄口
jiān​kǒu

to keep one's mouth shut

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
缄口 緘口 jiān//kǒu
to keep one's mouth shut
to keep one's mouth shut; to remain silent; to hold one's tongue

Frequency

Written text
0.090 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 结口 jié​kǒu
  • 闭口 bì​kǒu
  • 钳口 qián​kǒu
  • 箝口 qián​kǒu

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)