噤若寒蝉 (噤若寒蟬)
jìn ruò hán chán
Pinyin

Definition

噤若寒蝉 (噤若寒蟬)
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jìn ruò hán chán
  1. to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

寒假
hán jià
  1. 1 winter vacation
寒冷
hán lěng
  1. 1 cold (climate)
  2. 2 frigid
  3. 3 very cold
若
ruò
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 as
  4. 4 if
韩寒
Hán Hán
  1. 1 Han Han (1982-), PRC blogger, singer and professional rally driver
倘若
tǎng ruò
  1. 1 provided that
  2. 2 supposing that
  3. 3 if

Idioms (20)

一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 lack of sticking power
  4. 4 short attention span
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
  1. 1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
  2. 2 frigid
判若云泥
pàn ruò yún ní
  1. 1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 worlds apart