噤若寒蝉 — Chinese idiom
噤若寒蝉
jìn ruò hán chán
Traditional: 噤若寒蟬
Meaning
- to keep quiet out of fear
Character by character
- 噤jìnclose; quiet, silent
- 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
- 寒hánchilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble
- 蝉cháncicada; continuous
Idioms sharing a character
- 判若云泥 pàn ruò yún ní
- 危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù
- 口若悬河 kǒu ruò xuán hé
- 呆若木鸡 dāi ruò mù jī
- 固若金汤 gù ruò jīn tāng
- 大勇若怯 dà yǒng ruò qiè
- 大智若愚 dà zhì ruò yú
- 奉若神明 fèng ruò shén míng
- 寥若晨星 liáo ruò chén xīng
- 怅然若失 chàng rán ruò shī
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