缄口如瓶
jiān​kǒu​rú​píng

tight-lipped

  • created sense approved 缄口如瓶/緘口如瓶 · jiān​kǒu​rú​píng · tight-lipped — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    缄口如瓶 / 緘口如瓶

    jiān​kǒu​rú​píng

    tight-lipped

    to keep one's mouth shut as if it were a sealed bottle; to remain silent or keep a secret

    缄口 (literal) → 缄口/緘口 · jiān​kǒu · to keep one's mouth shut 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