绝口不提 (絕口不提)
jué kǒu bù tí
Pinyin

Definition

绝口不提 (絕口不提)
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jué kǒu bù tí
  1. lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)
  2. to censor

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
一口气
yī kǒu qì
  1. 1 one breath
  2. 2 in one breath
  3. 3 at a stretch
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不亦乐乎
bù yì lè hū
  1. 1 lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)
  2. 2 fig. (jocularly) extremely
  3. 3 awfully
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

也是，总之孙太现在绝口不提炒股，说这辈子再也不踏进号子了！
yě shì ，zǒngzhī sūntài xiànzài jué kǒu bùtí chǎogǔ ，shuō zhèbèizi zàiyě bù tà jìn hàozi le ！
That's true. Anyway, Mrs Sun refuses to bring up speculation on the stock market and swears she'll never set foot in a brokerage again,
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