shǒu kǒu rú píng

守口如瓶 (shǒu kǒu rú píng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped; reticent; not breathing a word”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
  2. 2reticent
  3. 3not breathing a word

Characters in 守口如瓶

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