Silence is golden.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
沉默是金
silence is golden (idiom)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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silence is golden (idiom)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
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Speech is silver, silence is gold.
As the saying goes: Speech is silver, silence is gold.
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 沉默是金
What does 沉默是金 mean in Chinese?
沉默是金 (chénmòshìjīn) means silence is golden (idiom).
How do you pronounce 沉默是金?
沉默是金 is pronounced chénmòshìjīn.
Is 沉默是金 an HSK word?
沉默是金 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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