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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sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. tight-lipped

Related Words (20)

Sān
  1. 1 surname San
  1. 1 his
  2. 2 her
  3. 3 its
  4. 4 their
  5. 5 that
  6. 6 such
  7. 7 it (refers to sth preceding it)
qí shí
  1. 1 actually
  2. 2 in fact
  3. 3 really
kǒu
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. 3 classifier for bites or mouthfuls
yī kǒu qì
  1. 1 one breath
  2. 2 in one breath
  3. 3 at a stretch

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
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
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见,如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)