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欲言又止
yù​yán​yòu​zhǐ

to hold one's tongue

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

欲言又止 yù​yán​yòu​zhǐ to hold one's tongue

to start to say something but then hesitate and stop; to swallow one's words

References

synonym 欲言又止/欲言又止 → 半吐半吞/半吐半吞
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