bù​yán​bù​yǔ

to keep silent

  • created sense approved 不言不语/不言不語 · bù​yán​bù​yǔ · to keep silent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不言不语 / 不言不語

    bù​yán​bù​yǔ

    to keep silent

    to not say a word; to remain silent

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · to say 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 语 (literal) → 语/語 · yǔ · to speak

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 不言不语/不言不語 · bù​yán​bù​yǔ · taciturn — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不言不语 / 不言不語

    bù​yán​bù​yǔ

    taciturn

    habitually silent; reticent; uncommunicative in personality

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · to say 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 语 (literal) → 语/語 · yǔ · to speak

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

    created sense