keep one's mouth shut(qián kǒu jié shé)

keep one's mouth shut

Tongue tied, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi á NK ǒ Uji é sh é, which means to shut up and not speak. It is used to describe the lack of reasoning and the inability to speak. It also means that people are afraid to speak because they are afraid of obscenity. From the theory of the hidden man.

Idiom explanation

Jaw: closed.

The origin of Idioms

Wang Fu of the Han Dynasty said in his Qian Fu Lun, "this wise man is so tongue tied that he is silent."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. However, those who break through the emptiness and keep things, and those who break through the time and keep things, can't make the boundary and all views clear in the end. ——In Zhang Binglin's on the establishment of religion, we can't find out what he is talking about, but if we treat him kindly, we will raise our voice and extend our reputation, and then we will be tongue tied, which is the disease of the whole world! ——Quan Deyu's answer to Dugu Xiucai book in Tang Dynasty has many different things in China. It's hard to say. Strangers are tongue tied and fear of disaster

Chinese PinYin : qián kǒu jié shé