緘口不言

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緘口不言

  • jiānkǒubùyán Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄐㄧㄢ ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • jiānkǒubùyán Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄐㄧㄢ ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • jiankǒubùyán Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • chien¹-kʻou³-pu⁴-yen² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • jyān-kǒu-bù-yán Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • jiankooubuyan Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • цзянькоубуянь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA

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來自《明史.卷一八九.何遵傳》:

phrase 缄口不言

  1. 閉口不說話

Similar: 緘舌閉口, 缄舌闭口, 守口如瓶

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"緘口不言." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%B7%98%E5%8F%A3%E4%B8%8D%E8%A8%80. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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緘口不言. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%B7%98%E5%8F%A3%E4%B8%8D%E8%A8%80

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"緘口不言." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%B7%98%E5%8F%A3%E4%B8%8D%E8%A8%80.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {緘口不言},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%B7%98%E5%8F%A3%E4%B8%8D%E8%A8%80},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}