杜口木舌 — “To keep one's mouth shut and be tongue-tied”
杜口木舌 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to keep one's mouth shut and be tongue-tied”. To remain silent and speechless, often implying an unwillingness or inability to speak, perhaps due to fear or being at a loss for words. Literally, “Shut mouth, wooden tongue”.
杜口木舌 Pronunciation and Pinyin
杜口木舌 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 杜口木舌
Idioms Related to 杜口木舌
More idioms starting with 杜
- dù杜kǒu口tūn吞shēng声keep silent due to fear or resentment
- dù杜kǒu口wú无yán言keep silent and say nothing
- dù杜kǒu口jué绝yán言keep silent and refuse to speak
- dù杜kǒu口guǒ裹zú足silenced and immobilized by apprehension
- dù杜bì弊qīng清yuán源eliminate malpractices and purify the source
- dù杜wēi微shèn慎fáng防nip trouble in the bud
- dù杜duàn断fáng房móu谋resourceful in strategy and decisive in action
- dù杜jiàn渐fáng防wēi微nip evil in the bud
- dù杜jiān渐fáng防méng萌nip evil in the bud
- dù杜jiàn渐chú除wēi微nip a problem in the bud
Recommended tools
Bingo Cards
Picture and word Bingo for your class
Open the tool →
Stroke Order Animator
Turn a Chinese character or sentence into a GIF or MP4
Open the tool →
Character Highlight Animator
Choose character parts and animate their colors, together or in stroke order
Open the tool →
Picture Worksheets
Chinese and English fill-in vocabulary worksheets
Open the tool →Questions about 杜口木舌
What does 杜口木舌 mean?
杜口木舌 (dù kǒu mù shé) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to keep one's mouth shut and be tongue-tied”.
How do you pronounce 杜口木舌?
杜口木舌 is pronounced dù kǒu mù shé in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 杜口木舌 literally mean?
Literally, 杜口木舌 means “Shut mouth, wooden tongue”. It is used to mean “to keep one's mouth shut and be tongue-tied”.
What is the Chinese definition of 杜口木舌?
杜口：闭口不言；木舌：结舌。闭着嘴说不出话来。比喻缄口不言，形容不敢说话