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哑口无言

yǎ kǒu wú yán

4-character word Traditional 啞口無言

What 哑口无言 means

1. dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom)
2. left speechless; at a loss for words

The characters in 哑口无言

• 哑yǎmute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky…
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Example sentences

• 她注视着一个不明飞行物，哑口无言。
  Tā zhùshì zhe yī gè bùmíngfēixíngwù, yǎkǒuwúyán.
  She stared at a UFO in silence.