keep one 's mouth shut
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi á NK ǒ ut ū NSH é, meaning shut up. The source of this book is Wang Jianping's Shangshu.
The origin of Idioms
Liang Jiangyan's Shangshu of King yijianping in the Southern Dynasty said, "if the official affairs are not empty, and the crime is real, you should also swallow your tongue and fall dead with a dagger."
Analysis of Idioms
Tongue tied
Antonym: outspoken
Idiom usage
It means to shut up
Chinese PinYin : qián kǒu tūn shé
keep one 's mouth shut
sir , lift your hand high that i may pass under it as under your mercy. gāo tái guì shǒu
one 's words pour forth like rushing water. xuán hé xiè shuǐ