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  1. dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom)
  2. left speechless; at a loss for words

Characters

  • 哑 (啞): (onom.) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk; variant of 呀[ya1]
  • 口 (口): mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
  • 无 (無): not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
  • 言 (言): words; speech; to say; to talk

Resources

Examples

她注视着一个不明飞行物,哑口无言。

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