守口如瓶

shǒu kǒu rú píng

C1–C2 Level 7

Definition

  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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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).