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沉默寡言

chén mò guǎ yán

4-character word

What 沉默寡言 means

1. habitually silent (idiom)
2. reticent
3. uncommunicative

The characters in 沉默寡言

• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 默mòsilent; to write from memory
• 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.