闭口不言
bì​kǒu​bù​yán

to keep silent

  • created sense approved 闭口不言/閉口不言 · bì​kǒu​bù​yán · to keep silent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    闭口不言 / 閉口不言

    bì​kǒu​bù​yán

    to keep silent

    to shut one's mouth and say nothing; to stay quiet

    闭口 (literal) → 闭口/閉口 · bì​kǒu · to shut up 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