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寡言

guǎ yán

2-character word

What 寡言 means

1. taciturn
2. reticent

The characters in 寡言

• 寡guǎfew; scant; widowed
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Example sentences

• 林肯本人是沉默寡言的。
  Línkěn běnrén shì chénmò-guǎyán de.
  Lincoln himself was taciturn.

Words containing 寡言

• 沉默寡言chén mò guǎ yánhabitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative
• 木讷寡言mù nè guǎ yánhonest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
• 沉静寡言chén jìng guǎ yánsee 沉默寡言