萬馬齊喑
wàn​mǎ​qí​yīn

all horses are mute

  • created sense approved 万马齐喑/萬馬齊喑 · wàn​mǎ​qí​yīn · all horses are mute — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    万马齐喑 / 萬馬齊喑

    wàn​mǎ​qí​yīn

    all horses are mute

    thousands of horses are all silent; describes an atmosphere of political oppression where everyone is muzzled or too afraid to speak out

    万 (literal) → 万/萬 · wàn · countless 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 齐 (literal) → 齐/齊 · qí · together 喑 (literal) → 喑 · yīn · silent

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

    created sense