Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「鉗口吞舌」, explained below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「鉗口吞舌」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Just keep silent. Keep your mouth shut and say nothing.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qián kǒu tūn shé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
kim4/kim2 hau2 tan1 sit3
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
