鸦雀无声 meaning in English
lit. crow and peacock make no sound; absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard
Meaning of 鸦雀无声
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yāquèwúshēng
- lit. crow and peacock make no sound
- absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard
- absolute silence
鸦雀无声 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
突然间，鸦雀无声。
Suddenly, everything fell silent.
Stroke order for each character
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鸦 yā · crow · 9 strokes
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雀 què · sparrow · 11 strokes
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无 wú · not to have · 4 strokes
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声 shēng · sound · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 鸦雀无声.
| 声音 | shēngyīn | sound; voice |
| 大声 | dà shēng | loud voice; in a loud voice |
| 小声 | xiǎo shēng | in a low voice; (speak) in whispers |
| 声明 | shēngmíng | to state; to declare |
| 歌声 | gēshēng | singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet |
| 无法 | wúfǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 无论 | wúlùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
| 无聊 | wúliáo | bored; boring |
| 无所谓 | wúsuǒwèi | to be indifferent; not to matter |
| 无数 | wúshù | countless; numberless |
| 无限 | wúxiàn | unlimited; unbounded; infinite |
| 铃声 | língshēng | ring; ringtone |
Questions about 鸦雀无声
What does 鸦雀无声 mean?
鸦雀无声 (yāquè-wúshēng) means "lit. crow and peacock make no sound; absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard".
How do you write 鸦雀无声?
鸦雀无声 is made of 4 characters: 鸦 (9 strokes), 雀 (11 strokes), 无 (4 strokes), 声 (7 strokes). That is 31 strokes in total.
Is 鸦雀无声 an HSK word?
Yes. 鸦雀无声 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 鸦雀无声 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 鸦雀无声 is written 鴉雀無聲.