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一言不发

yī yán bù fā

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 一言不發

一言不发 (yī yán bù fā) means "to not say a word (idiom)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 一言不发 means

1. to not say a word (idiom)

The characters in 一言不发

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 言yánwords; speech; to say
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

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