have nothing to say in reply(dùn kǒu wú yán)

have nothing to say in reply

Silence is a Chinese idiom.

Pinyin: D ù NK ǒ UW ú y á n

Explanation: tongue tied, speechless.

idiom

have nothing to say in reply

Pinyin

dùnkǒuwúyán

Citation explanation

Tongue tied, speechless. Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty wrote the fourteenth chapter of the whole story of the Water Margin: "Wang Qing was speechless by fan Quan." Chapter 34 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "all the princes are the only ones. Xianggong was speechless, like a wood sculpture. Only two more lines of tears. " "Warning to the world. Volume 2. Chuang Tzu's great road comes from the rest of the drum." the woman looked at these four poems, and was ashamed and speechless. Chapter 23 of Li Baojia's Officialdom: Jia Zhentai was killed by him. He was speechless and flushed. After a pause, he scolded: "how dare you contradict us! Beat for me, beat him, despise the official, roar at the court Chapter 30 of officialdom: don't ask me about it. Go and discuss it with Miss lingai. The officer was so bold that he was speechless. "

Discrimination of words

What he said made everyone present happy. [synonym]: tongue tied, speechless [antonym]: Glib [grammar]: joint type; as predicate; describes tongue tied

Chinese PinYin : dùn kǒu wú yán