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闭口不言
bì​kǒu​bù​yán

to keep silent

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 闭口 閉口 bì​kǒu
    to shut up
    to keep one's mouth shut; to stop talking or refrain from expressing an opinion
  2. 不 bù adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  3. 言 yán verbadverb
    to say
    to speak; to talk; to state or tell