三缄其口 (三緘其口)
sān jiān qí kǒu
Pinyin
Definition
三缄其口 (三緘其口)
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- (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
- tight-lipped
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 surname San
- 1 his
- 2 her
- 3 its
- 4 their
- 5 that
- 6 such
- 7 it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 1 actually
- 2 in fact
- 3 really
- 1 mouth
- 2 classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
- 3 classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- 1 one breath
- 2 in one breath
- 3 at a stretch
Idioms (20)
一倡三叹
- 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
- 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
- 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
- 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见,如隔三秋
- 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)