沉默寡言 — Chinese idiom
沉默寡言
chén mò guǎ yán
Meaning
- habitually silent
- reticent
- uncommunicative
Character by character
- 沉chénto sink, to submerge; profound, deep
- 默mòsilent; quiet, still; dark
- 寡guǎwidowed; friendless, alone
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
Idioms sharing a character
- 折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā
- 昏昏沉沉 hūn hūn chén chén
- 沉湎酒色 chén miǎn jiǔ sè
- 沉着应战 chén zhuó yìng zhàn
- 沉默是金 chén mò shì jīn
- 石沉大海 shí chén dà hǎi
- 破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu
- 雁杳鱼沉 yàn yǎo yú chén
- 鱼沉雁杳 yú chén yàn yǎo
- 潜神默记 qián shén mò jì
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