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Here is the Chinese idiom 「閉口結舌」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Keep your mouth shut and don’t speak. It means keeping silent.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bì kǒu jié shé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bai3 hau2 git3 sit3

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