- lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
- reticent
- not breathing a word
Characters
- 守 (守): to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- 口 (口): mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- 如 (如): as; as if; such as
- 瓶 (瓶): bottle; vase; pitcher; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for wine and liquids
Resources
- Wiktionary: 守口如瓶
- MDBG: 守口如瓶
- Examples with 守口如瓶 on Tatoeba
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