守口如瓶

shǒu kǒu rú píng

Dictionary entry

lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped

What does 守口如瓶 mean?

守口如瓶 (shǒu kǒu rú píng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped

2reticent

3not breathing a word

Character breakdown

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守shǒuto guard · to defend 口kǒumouth · classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)如rúas · as if 瓶píngbottle · vase

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守口如瓶

shǒu kǒu rú píng

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