守口如瓶 — Chinese idiom
守口如瓶
shǒu kǒu rú píng
Meaning
- lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle ; tight-lipped
- reticent
- not breathing a word
Character by character
- 守shǒuto defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to w
- 口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 瓶píngbottle, jug, pitcher, vase
Idioms sharing a character
- 因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù
- 墨守成规 mò shǒu chéng guī
- 守土有责 shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
- 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù
- 安分守己 ān fèn shǒu jǐ
- 抱残守缺 bào cán shǒu quē
- 有为有守 yǒu wéi yǒu shǒu
- 熬更守夜 áo gēng shǒu yè
- 神不守舍 shén bù shǒu shè
- 魂不守舍 hún bù shǒu shè
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