chén mò guǎ yán

沉默寡言 (chén mò guǎ yán) is a Chinese word meaning “habitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative”.

Meanings

  1. 1habitually silent (idiom)
  2. 2reticent
  3. 3uncommunicative

Characters in 沉默寡言

沉chén · to submerge默mò · silent寡guǎ · few言yán · words

Related words

留言to leave a message; to leave one's comments而言(typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...谎言lie语言language言words沉默taciturn预言to predict幽默(loanword) humor沉to submerge沉variant of 沉[chen2]谣言rumor发言to make a speech

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