钳口结舌
qián​kǒu​jié​shé

speechless with fear

  • created sense approved 钳口结舌/鉗口結舌 · qián​kǒu​jié​shé · speechless with fear — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    钳口结舌 / 鉗口結舌

    qián​kǒu​jié​shé

    speechless with fear

    to keep one's mouth shut and tongue tied; describes being unable or afraid to speak out

    钳口 (literal) → 钳口/鉗口 · qián​kǒu · to keep silent 结舌 (literal) → 结舌/結舌 · jié​shé · tongue-tied

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

    created sense