缄口不言
jiān​kǒu​bù​yán

to keep silent

  • created sense approved 缄口不言/緘口不言 · jiān​kǒu​bù​yán · to keep silent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    缄口不言 / 緘口不言

    jiān​kǒu​bù​yán

    to keep silent

    to keep one's mouth shut and not say a word

    缄 (literal) → 缄/緘 · jiān · to seal 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · mouth 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · to say

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

    created sense