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Here’s the idiom 「金舌蔽口」, with its definition and practical application described below.

A metaphor for keeping silent.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jīn shé bì kǒu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gam1 sit3 bai3 hau2

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