To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「結舌杜口」 explained, free of charge.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「結舌杜口」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Tongue-tied: The tongue is like a knot and cannot move. Du: Blockage. Keep silent and keep your mouth shut. Describes the situation of not being able to speak due to fear.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jié shé dù kǒu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
git3 sit3 dou6 hau2
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