缄口不言
缄口不言
jiān kǒu bù yán
lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic); to censor
idiomverb
Traditional: 緘口不言
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- (idiom, verb) lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)
- to censor
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Related Words
绝口不提(jué kǒu bù tí)— lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)
→只字不提(zhī zì bù tí)— not to mention (idiom); to say not one word
→封口(fēng kǒu)— to close up
→二话不说(èr huà bù shuō)— not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
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