沉默寡言 meaning in English
habitually silent (idiom); reticent
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Meaning of 沉默寡言
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
chénmòguǎyán
- habitually silent (idiom)
- reticent
- uncommunicative
沉默寡言 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
林肯本人是沉默寡言的。
Lincoln himself was silent.
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沉 chén · to submerge · 7 strokes
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默 mò · silent · 16 strokes
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寡 guǎ · widowed · 14 strokes
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言 yán · words · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 沉默寡言.
| 语言 | yǔyán | language |
| 发言 | fāyán | to make a speech; statement |
| 沉默 | chénmò | taciturn; uncommunicative |
| 沉重 | chénzhòng | heavy; hard |
| 默默 | mòmò | in silence; not speaking |
| 幽默 | yōumò | (loanword) humor; humorous |
| 言语 | yányǔ | words; speech |
| 留言 | liúyán | to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message |
| 传言 | chuányán | rumor; hearsay |
| 自言自语 | zìyán-zìyǔ | (idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize |
| 发言人 | fāyánrén | spokesperson |
| 谎言 | huǎngyán | lie |
Questions about 沉默寡言
What does 沉默寡言 mean?
沉默寡言 (chénmòguǎyán) means "habitually silent (idiom); reticent".
How do you write 沉默寡言?
沉默寡言 is made of 4 characters: 沉 (7 strokes), 默 (16 strokes), 寡 (14 strokes), 言 (7 strokes). That is 44 strokes in total.