4 characters Idiom and proverb 9 545

Chinese learning begins with simple characters, progresses to phrases, and culminates in idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms. Today’s focus is 「杜口吞聲」. Check below for details.

The featured idiom 「杜口吞聲」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Describes not saying a word.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dù kǒu tūn shēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dou6 hau2 tan1 seng1

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