Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「守瓶緘口」 for your learning.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「守瓶緘口」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
It means to keep your mouth shut. It means to keep silent.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shǒu píng jiān kǒu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sau2 ping4 gaam1 hau2
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
