三缄其口 (三緘其口) sān jiān qí kǒu
sān jiān qí kǒu
set phrase
reluctant to speak about it; tight-lipped
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '三緘其口')
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- 卷十 敬慎 Chapter 10: Being Reverent and Catious Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 1
- 卷三七 補列傳第二九 魏收 Volume 37 Biographies 29: Wei Shou Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 1
- 卷五十六 列傳第四十四: 魏收 魏長賢 魏季景 魏蘭根 Volume 56 Biographies 44: Wei Shou, Wei Zhangxian, Wei Jijing, Wei Langen History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1