Read Edit View history 噤若寒蝉 jìnruòhánchán to keep quiet out of fear Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 噤若寒蝉 噤若寒蟬 jìnruòhánchán to keep quiet out of fear To be as silent as a cicada in late autumn; describes being too scared to speak up or say a word. Frequency Written text 0.290 per million Cross-References Antonym 滔滔不绝 tāotāobùjué口若悬河 kǒuruòxuánhé侃侃而谈 kǎnkǎn'értán直言不讳 zhíyánbùhuì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
噤若寒蝉 噤若寒蟬 jìnruòhánchán to keep quiet out of fear To be as silent as a cicada in late autumn; describes being too scared to speak up or say a word. Frequency Written text 0.290 per million Cross-References Antonym 滔滔不绝 tāotāobùjué口若悬河 kǒuruòxuánhé侃侃而谈 kǎnkǎn'értán直言不讳 zhíyánbùhuì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)