Bite the tongue(yǎo yīn zā zì)

Bite the tongue

Yaoyinzazi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǎ oy ī NZ ā Z ì, which means to describe a word by word, serious. It's from Xiao Qian's Chestnut: conversion.

The origin of Idioms

Xiao Qian's "conversion to chestnuts": "so you've lost your soul, right?" Said the old woman, biting her voice

Idiom usage

Used as an attributive or adverbial; used in speech

Chinese PinYin : yǎo yīn zā zì