守口如瓶

sau2 hau2 jyu4 ping4

lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped · reticent · not breathing a word

Meanings

  1. lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
  2. reticent
  3. not breathing a word

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