utter not a single word(bù yán bù yǔ)

utter not a single word

Silent, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is B ù y á Nb ù y ǔ, refers to do not speak, silent. It comes from Xingshi Hengyan, the appointment of Linzhou in Wu Yamen.

The origin of Idioms

Feng Menglong, Ming Dynasty, wrote: "xiu'e remembers Wu Yamen with all her heart. She sits beside Wu yamen, speechless, intoxicated, not touched by a drop of wine, and not moved."

Idiom usage

Chapter 95 of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "the group of strong soldiers, who were silent and bold, cut down every person, although only 5000 people, were in a panic, just like tens of thousands of people." When Wang Zhong saw that his mother and son didn't speak together, he had to get up. Go to the front hall and see the owner's coffin. "Lights on the wrong road" by Li Lvyuan in Qing Dynasty Chapter 32

Chinese PinYin : bù yán bù yǔ