窃窃私语 — Chinese idiom
窃窃私语
qiè qiè sī yǔ
Traditional: 竊竊私語
Meaning
- to whisper; to speak in whispers
Character by character
- 窃qièto steal; thief; secret, stealthy
- 窃qièto steal; thief; secret, stealthy
- 私sīpersonal, private, secret; selfish
- 语yǔwords, language; saying, expression
Idioms sharing a character
- 偷香窃玉 tōu xiāng qiè yù
- 窃窃私议 qiè qiè sī yì
- 以权谋私 yǐ quán móu sī
- 假公济私 jiǎ gōng jì sī
- 公而忘私 gōng ér wàng sī
- 官报私仇 guān bào sī chóu
- 官私合营 guān sī hé yíng
- 徇私枉法 xùn sī wǎng fǎ
- 徇私舞弊 xùn sī wǔ bì
- 损公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī
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