三缄其口(sān jiān qí kǒu): (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
(idiom) reluctant to speak about it
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- sān jiān qí kǒu
- Meaning
- (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 三緘其口
Related words
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variant of 一唱三叹
(idiom) (of literature or music) concise yet deeply evocative; inviting repeated savoring
a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
to have three meals a day
lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar)…
calligraphic flourish with many twists
pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
ratio seventy to thirty
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