守口如瓶
shǒu​kǒu​rú​píng

tight-lipped

  • created reference approved 守口如瓶 → 缄口如瓶/緘口如瓶 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    守口如瓶 shǒu​kǒu​rú​píng

    缄口如瓶 / 緘口如瓶 jiān​kǒu​rú​píng

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 守口如瓶 · shǒu​kǒu​rú​píng · tight-lipped — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    守口如瓶

    shǒu​kǒu​rú​píng

    tight-lipped

    to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle; to keep a secret and reveal nothing

    守 (literal) → 守 · shǒu · to guard 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · mouth 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 瓶 (literal) → 瓶 · píng · bottle

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

    created sense