木讷寡言 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• honest and unaffected but not talkative

Character by character

• 木mùtree; wood, lumber; wooden
• 讷nèinarticulate, slow; to mumble, to stammer
• 寡guǎwidowed; friendless, alone
• 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say

Idioms sharing a character

• 一木难支 yī mù nán zhī
• 刚毅木讷 gāng yì mù nè
• 呆若木鸡 dāi ruò mù jī
• 土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái
• 土牛木马 tǔ niú mù mǎ
• 山颓木坏 shān tuí mù huài
• 木人石心 mù rén shí xīn
• 木已成舟 mù yǐ chéng zhōu
• 枯木逢春 kū mù féng chūn
• 榆木疙瘩 yú mù gē da

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