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鉗口
qián​kǒu

to keep silent

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
钳口 鉗口 qián//kǒu
to keep silent
To shut one's mouth and refuse to speak; to be forced into silence or prevented from speaking out.
jaws
The mouth or jaws of a person

Frequency

Written text
0.049 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 钳口结舌 qián​kǒu​jié​shé
  • 缄口 jiān​kǒu

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)