瓮声瓮气 — Chinese idiom
瓮声瓮气
wèng shēng wèng qì
Traditional: 甕聲甕氣
Meaning
- to speak in a low muffled voice
Character by character
- 瓮wèngurn, earthen jar
- 声shēngsound, noise; voice, tone, music
- 瓮wèngurn, earthen jar
- 气qìair, gas; steam, vapor; anger
Idioms sharing a character
- 瓮中之鳖 wèng zhōng zhī biē
- 瓮中捉鳖 wèng zhōng zhuō biē
- 蓬户瓮牖 péng hù wèng yǒu
- 请君入瓮 qǐng jūn rù wèng
- 不动声色 bù dòng shēng sè
- 不声不响 bù shēng bù xiǎng
- 人声鼎沸 rén shēng dǐng fèi
- 低声细语 dī shēng xì yǔ
- 口口声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng
- 同声一哭 tóng shēng yī kū
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