三緘
sān​jiān

to be circumspect

  • created reference approved 三缄/三緘 → 三缄其口/三緘其口 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三缄 / 三緘 sān​jiān

    三缄其口 / 三緘其口 sān​jiān​qí​kǒu

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 三缄/三緘 · sān​jiān · to be circumspect — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三缄 / 三緘

    sān​jiān

    to be circumspect

    To be extremely careful or cautious in one's speech; refers literally to sealing something with three seals.

    三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 缄 (literal) → 缄/緘 · jiān · to seal

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

    created sense