to refuse to say anything about (idiom); to remain tight-lipped; to avoid mentioning
trad. 閉口不談
Also written 閉口不談【bì kǒu bù tán】
Characters in this word
4闭
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to close, to stop up, to shut, to obstruct
- Pinyin
- bì
- Traditional
- 閉
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 17986 of 2500
口
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mouth, classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc), classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- Pinyin
- kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 4127 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
谈
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surname Tan
- Pinyin
- Tán
- Traditional
- 談
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 726 of 2500