"silence" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 默默 | in silence / not speaking | syn | |
| 鸦雀无声 鴉雀無聲 | lit. crow and peacock make no sound / absolute silence (idiom) / not a single voice can be heard / absolute silence | syn | |
| 吃哑巴亏 吃啞巴虧 | to be forced to suffer in silence / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering | syn | |
| 静默 靜默 | silent / still / quiet / to mourn in silence / to observe silence / (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic | syn | |
| 搭讪 搭訕 | to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation | syn | |
| 灭口 滅口 | to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret / to silence sb | syn | |
| 忍辱负重 忍辱負重 | to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom) / to suffer in silence | ||
| 默哀 | to observe a moment of silence in tribute | ||
| 忍气吞声 忍氣吞聲 | to submit to humiliation (idiom) / to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it | syn | |
| 冷场 冷場 | stage wait / (fig.) awkward silence | ||
| 默读 默讀 | to read in silence | syn | |
| 默想 | silent contemplation / to meditate / to think in silence | syn | |
| 饮泣 飲泣 | (literary) to weep in silence | syn | |
| 默记 默記 | to learn by heart / to commit to memory / to remember / to memorize in silence | ||
| 默祷 默禱 | silent prayer / pray in silence | ||
| 潜神默记 潛神默記 | to devote oneself to a task in silence (idiom) | ||
| 布囊其口 佈囊其口 | lit. to cover sb's mouth with cloth / to gag / fig. to silence | ||
| 哑巴吃黄莲 啞巴吃黃蓮 | no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]) | ||
| 哑巴吃黄连 啞巴吃黃連 | no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]) | ||
| 哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出 啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出 | to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出 | ||
| 哑然无生 啞然無生 | silence reigns (idiom) | ||
| 沉默是金 | silence is golden (idiom) | ||
| 渊默 淵默 | profound silence | ||
| 钳马衔枚 鉗馬銜枚 | with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom) / (of a marching army) in utter silence | ||
| 沉默程序 | silence procedure | ||
| 沉默表意原则 | estoppel by silence | ||
| 打破沉默 打破沈默 | Breaking the Silence |