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守口如瓶

shǒu kǒu rú píng

4-character word

What 守口如瓶 means

1. lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
2. reticent
3. not breathing a word

The characters in 守口如瓶

• 守shǒuto guard; to defend; to keep watch
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 瓶píngbottle; vase; pitcher

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