沉默 chén mò taciturn / uncommunicative / silent syn 放屁 fàng pì to fart / to break wind / to talk nonsense / Utter rubbish! syn 寂寞 jì mò lonely / lonesome / (of a place) quiet / silent syn 肃静 肅靜 sù jìng solemnly silent syn 无声 無聲 wú shēng noiseless / noiselessly / silent syn 哑巴 啞巴 yǎ ba a mute / mute / silent syn 缄默 緘默 jiān mò to keep silent syn 静音 靜音 jìng yīn quiet / silent / mute 沉默寡言 chén mò guǎ yán habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative syn 无言 無言 wú yán to remain silent / to have nothing to say 静默 靜默 jìng mò silent / still / quiet / to mourn in silence / to observe silence / (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic syn 不声不响 不聲不響 bù shēng bù xiǎng wordless and silent (idiom) / without speaking / taciturn syn 静寂 靜寂 jìng jì quiet / silent syn 默然 mò rán silent / speechless syn 避重就轻 避重就輕 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones syn 潸然泪下 潸然淚下 shān rán lèi xià to shed silent tears (idiom) syn 默祷 默禱 mò dǎo silent prayer / pray in silence 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 不做声 不做聲 bù zuò shēng keep silent / not say a word syn 寂然 jì rán silent / quiet syn 默想 mò xiǎng silent contemplation / to meditate / to think in silence syn 春蚕 春蠶 chūn cán Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4] 放气 放氣 fàng qì to release breath / to deflate / to fart 默片 mò piàn silent movie syn 杳然 yǎo rán quiet, silent, and lonely / far and indistinct / gone without a trace 屁 pì fart / flatulence / nonsense / (usu. in the negative) what / (not) a damn thing 默 mò silent / to write from memory syn 寂 jì silent / solitary / Taiwan pr. [ji2] syn 貉 háo old term for northern peoples / silent syn 貉 mò old term for northern peoples / silent syn 冷暴力 lěng bào lì non-physical abuse / emotional abuse / the silent treatment 敢怒而不敢言 gǎn nù ér bù gǎn yán angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom) / obliged to remain silent about one's resentment / unable to voice objections syn 噤 jìn unable to speak / silent 宓 mì still / silent syn 貊 mò name of a wild tribe / silent 默不作声 默不作聲 mò bù zuò shēng to keep silent syn 不言不语 不言不語 bù yán bù yǔ to not say a word (idiom) / to keep silent syn 掇臀捧屁 duō tún pěng pì to hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom) / to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking 不赞一词 不贊一詞 bù zàn yī cí to keep silent / to make no comment syn 万籁无声 萬籟無聲 wàn lài wú shēng not a sound to be heard (idiom) / dead silent 闭口不言 閉口不言 bì kǒu bù yán to keep silent (idiom) 毒瓦斯 dú wǎ sī poisonous gas / stinking fart syn 老拙 lǎo zhuō old fart (usually in self-reference) / geezer 脱裤子放屁 脫褲子放屁 tuō kù zi fàng pì lit. to take off trousers to fart / fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary / fig. to make things too complicated 响屁 響屁 xiǎng pì loud fart 侐 xù still / silent 平安夜 píng ān yè Silent Night (Christmas carol) / Christmas Eve 闷声不响 悶聲不響 mēn shēng bù xiǎng to keep silent 杜口 dù kǒu to remain silent 满坐寂然 滿坐寂然 mǎn zuò jì rán the whole audience silent with expectation 无语 無語 wú yǔ to remain silent / to have nothing to say / (coll.) speechless / dumbfounded 腹诽 腹誹 fù fěi silent curse or disagreement / unspoken criticism 阒然 闃然 qù rán quiet / still and silent 隐蔽强迫下载 隱蔽強迫下載 yǐn bì qiǎng pò xià zài drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap) / silent drive-by download 静区 靜區 jìng qū silent zone / blind spot / dead space 一声不响 一聲不響 yī shēng bù xiǎng to keep totally silent / noiselessly syn 保持沉默的权利 right to remain silent 隐藏性紧急情况 silent emergency 秘密同伙 mì mì tòng huǒ secret partner / sleeping partner / silent partner 贫穷隐性紧急情况？ 貧窮隱性緊急情況？ silent emergencies of poverty 噤声 噤聲 jìn shēng to keep silent 隐蔽强迫下载 隱蔽強迫下載 yǐn bì qiǎng pò xià zǎi drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap) / silent drive-by download 不声不响 不聲不響 bù shēng - bù xiǎng (idiom) wordless / silent / taciturn / without speaking syn 空寂 kōng jì empty and silent / desolate 万籁俱寂 萬籟俱寂 wàn lài - jù jì (idiom) dead silent syn 闭麦 閉麥 bì mài to switch one's microphone to "mute" / (fig.) to go silent 