Characters
- 三 (三): surname San
- 缄 (椷): (wooden) box; cup; old variant of 緘|缄[jian1]; letter
- 其 (其): his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 口 (口): mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Resources
- Wiktionary: 三缄其口
- MDBG: 三缄其口
- Examples with 三缄其口 on Tatoeba
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