三緘其口
sān​jiān​qí​kǒu

tight-lipped

  • created sense approved 三缄其口/三緘其口 · sān​jiān​qí​kǒu · tight-lipped — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三缄其口 / 三緘其口

    sān​jiān​qí​kǒu

    tight-lipped

    to seal one's lips; to speak with extreme caution or be very reluctant to speak; to be tight-lipped

    三缄 (literal) → 三缄/三緘 · sān​jiān · to be circumspect 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · mouth

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense