Lincoln himself was silent.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
沉默寡言
habitually silent (idiom)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
habitually silent (idiom)
02
reticent
03
uncommunicative
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 沉默寡言 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 沉默寡言.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 沉默寡言.
Directly before
- 但沉默寡言1
- 一个沉默寡言1
- 是沉默寡言1
Directly after
- 沉默寡言的2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 沉默寡言
What does 沉默寡言 mean in Chinese?
沉默寡言 (chénmòguǎyán) means habitually silent (idiom).
How do you pronounce 沉默寡言?
沉默寡言 is pronounced chénmòguǎyán.
Is 沉默寡言 an HSK word?
沉默寡言 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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