百口莫辩 — Chinese idiom
百口莫辩
bǎi kǒu mò biàn
Traditional: 百口莫辯
Meaning
- (of sb unfairly accused) to have all one's protestations fall on deaf ears; to be unable to convince sb of one's innocence
Character by character
- 百bǎione hundred; numerous, many
- 口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 莫mòcannot; do not; is not; negative
- 辩biànto argue, to dispute; to discuss, to debate
Idioms sharing a character
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一呼百应 yī hū bǎi yìng
- 一呼百诺 yī hū bǎi nuò
- 一通百通 yī tōng bǎi tōng
- 信心百倍 xìn xīn bǎi bèi
- 千依百顺 qiān yī bǎi shùn
- 千奇百怪 qiān qí bǎi guài
- 千姿百态 qiān zī bǎi tài
- 千娇百媚 qiān jiāo bǎi mèi
- 千方百计 qiān fāng bǎi jì
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