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三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
What 三缄其口 means
- idiomreluctant to speak about it
- tight-lipped
The characters in 三缄其口
- 三sānthree; 3
- 缄jiān(wooden) box; cup; old variant of 缄
- 其qíhis; her; its
- 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
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