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鸦雀无声

yā què wú shēng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 鴉雀無聲

鸦雀无声 (yā què wú shēng) means "lit. crow and peacock make no sound; absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard; absolute silence". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 鸦雀无声 means

1. lit. crow and peacock make no sound
2. absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard
3. absolute silence

The characters in 鸦雀无声

• 鸦yācrow
• 雀què(bound form) small bird; sparrow; also pr. qiǎo
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 声shēngsound; voice; tone

Example sentences

• 突然间，鸦雀无声。
  Tūrán jiān, yāquèwúshēng.
  Suddenly, everything fell silent.

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