remain silent(bì kǒu wú yán)

remain silent

Silence, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ì K ǒ UW ú y á n, which means shut your mouth. It is used to describe the situation when you are noncommittal or inflexible about something, and you feel that you are wrong and have nothing to say. From the outlaws of the marsh.

The origin of Idioms

The 64th chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: "Guan Sheng answered the ceremony in a hurry. He was speechless and helpless." The 15th chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in the Qing Dynasty: "Zhu Boru was speechless, so he had to stay away."

Idiom usage

Liu's father and daughter had nothing to say but stare at each other; Xiangzi was silent. Lao She's Camel Xiangzi

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: speechless antonym: eloquence

Chinese PinYin : bì kǒu wú yán