be scanty of words
Silent, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch é nm ì Gu ǎ y á n, which means still silent, silent and rarely speak. It comes from the biography of Xu Xian in the book of Song Dynasty.
The source of the idiom is Xu Xianzhi's biography in the book of the Song Dynasty: "be quiet, and don't see the color with worry and joy."
Chinese PinYin : chén mì guǎ yán
be scanty of words
climb trees to catch water from a flint. déng mù qiú yú
be worth reading a hundred times. bǎi dú bù yàn