闭口不言

Traditional: 閉口不言

bì kǒu bù yán

Dictionary entry

to keep silent (idiom)

What does 闭口不言 mean?

闭口不言 (bì kǒu bù yán) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to keep silent (idiom)

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闭bìto close · to stop up 口kǒumouth · classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-言yánwords · speech

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