"to remain tight-lipped" Chinese-English Dictionary

Activate Hand Writing Recognition

LOADING the writing area ...
(may take time at 1st time)

First write the character here with your mouse *

* Please pay attention to the strokes order.

Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
闭口不谈 閉口不談 bì kǒu bù tán to refuse to say anything about (idiom) / to remain tight-lipped / to avoid mentioning syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
还有 還有 hái yǒu there still remain(s) / there is (or are) still / in addition syn
留下 liú xià to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go syn
剩下 shèng xià to remain / to be left over syn
在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1])
严格 嚴格 yán gé strict / stringent / tight / rigorous syn
仍旧 仍舊 réng jiù still (remaining) / to remain (the same) / yet syn
依旧 依舊 yī jiù as before / still / to remain the same syn
默契 mò qì tacit understanding / mutual understanding / rapport / connected at a deep level with each other / (of team members) well coordinated / tight
算数 算數 suàn shù to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important) syn
残留 殘留 cán liú to remain / to be left over / residual / remnant / residue syn
严密 嚴密 yán mì strict / tight (organization, surveillance etc) syn
走投无路 走投無路 zǒu tóu wú lù to be at an impasse (idiom) / in a tight spot / at the end of one's rope / desperate syn
守口如瓶 shǒu kǒu rú píng lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom) / tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word syn
残余 殘餘 cán yú remnant / relic / residue / vestige / surplus / to remain / to leave surplus syn
森严 森嚴 sēn yán strict / rigid / tight (security) syn
紧凑 緊湊 jǐn còu compact / terse / tight (schedule) syn
滞留 滯留 zhì liú (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving) / to be stranded / (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain / to linger syn
记忆犹新 記憶猶新 jì yì yóu xīn to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom) syn
无言 無言 wú yán to remain silent / to have nothing to say
留存 liú cún to keep / to preserve / extant / to remain (from the past) syn
严实 嚴實 yán shi (sealed) tight / close / (hidden) safely / securely syn
留校 liú xiào to join the faculty of one's alma mater upon graduation / to remain at school during vacation
敬而远之 敬而遠之 jìng ér yuǎn zhī to show respect from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance syn
留任 liú rèn to remain in office / to hold on to one's job
三缄其口 三緘其口 sān jiān qí kǒu (idiom) reluctant to speak about it / tight-lipped syn
不服 bù fú not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to syn
流连忘返 流連忘返 liú lián wàng fǎn to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home syn
守恒 守恆 shǒu héng conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number)
死结 死結 sǐ jié tight knot / intractable problem syn
不甘寂寞 bù gān jì mò unwilling to remain lonely or idle / unwilling to be left out syn
留驻 留駐 liú zhù to keep stationed (of troops) / to remain as a garrison syn
留有 liú yǒu to remain in existence / to retain
塞满 塞滿 sāi mǎn to stuff full / to cram in / packed tight / chock full
驻留 駐留 zhù liú to stay / to remain / to linger / (computing) to reside / resident (program etc) syn
拉紧 拉緊 lā jǐn to pull tight / tensioning
麻吉 má jí (slang) (Tw) close friend / best pal / to get along well / to be tight / congenial
处变不惊 處變不驚 chǔ biàn bù jīng to remain calm in the face of events (idiom) syn
戒骄戒躁 戒驕戒躁 jiè jiāo jiè zào to guard against pride and impatience (idiom) / to remain modest and keep cool
dāi to stay / to remain syn
jǐn tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten syn
réng still / yet / to remain / (literary) frequently / often syn
tiě iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang) syn
shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive syn
cán to destroy / to spoil / to ruin / to injure / cruel / oppressive / savage / brutal / incomplete / disabled / to remain / to survive / remnant / surplus syn
yán tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father syn
bēng to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / (bound form) embroidery hoop / (bound form) woven bed mat syn
昏迷不醒 hūn mí bù xǐng to remain unconscious syn
不为所动 不為所動 bù wéi suǒ dòng to remain unmoved
穿小鞋 chuān xiǎo xié lit. to make sb wear tight shoes (idiom) / to make life difficult for sb syn
紧巴巴 緊巴巴 jǐn bā bā tight fitting / hard up (i.e. lacking money) syn
严紧 嚴緊 yán jǐn strict / tight syn
墨斗 mò dǒu carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
谈笑自若 談笑自若 tán xiào zì ruò to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened / to remain cheerful (despite a crisis) syn
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
墨线 墨線 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
守身 shǒu shēn to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste syn
紧绷绷 緊繃繃 jǐn bēng bēng tight / stretched / (face, lips) taut / strained syn
居高不下 jū gāo bù xià (of prices, rates etc) to remain high syn
百端待举 百端待舉 bǎi duān dài jǔ a thousand things remain to be done (idiom) / numerous tasks remain to be undertaken
百思不解 bǎi sī bù jiě to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought syn
不越雷池 bù yuè léi chí not overstepping the prescribed limits / to remain within bounds
守身如玉 shǒu shēn rú yù to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste syn
杜门不出 杜門不出 dù mén bù chū to shut the door and remain inside / fig. to cut off contact
shěng variant of 省[sheng3] / tight-lipped / to examine / to watch / to scour (esp. Cantonese)
嘴牢 zuǐ láo tight-lipped
白唇鹿 bái chún lù Cervus albirostris (white-lipped deer)
樱桃小嘴 櫻桃小嘴 yīng táo xiǎo zuǐ lit. cherry mouth (idiom) / fig. a delicate, ruby-lipped mouth
严竣 嚴竣 yán jùn tight / strict / severe / stern / difficult
任凭风浪起,稳坐钓鱼台 任憑風浪起,穩坐釣魚臺 rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation
密缝 密縫 mì féng tight seam / to calk
拘守 jū shǒu to hold tight / to cling to / to adhere / stubborn / to detain sb as prisoner
稳坐钓鱼台 穩坐釣魚臺 wěn zuò diào yú tái lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation
紧巴 緊巴 jǐn bā tight (i.e. lacking money) / hard up / same as 緊巴巴|紧巴巴 syn
静坐不动 靜坐不動 jìng zuò bù dòng to sit still and do nothing / to sit tight
致密天然气 致密天然氣 zhì mì tiān rán qì tight gas
dèn to yank / to pull tight
拼餐 pīn cān (of people with tight budget) to enjoy various dishes at the restaurant by ordering the food together and then sharing the costs
弯道超车 彎道超車 wān dào chāo chē to overtake on a bend (driving) / (fig.) taking opportunity of tight corners to make swift progress (economy etc)
紧实 緊實 jǐn shí tight / firm / dense / packed
收束 shōu shù to constrict / to draw tight / to gather (one's thoughts) / to bring to a close / to pack (for a journey) syn
克难 克難 kè nán to make do in difficult circumstances by being resourceful / (of circumstances) difficult / challenging / (of a budget) tight / (of a man-made thing) makeshift / rough and ready
上紧发条 上緊發條 shàng jǐn fā tiáo to wind the spring up tight / (fig.) to gear up / to ready oneself
白头谐老 白頭諧老 bái tóu xié lǎo live to ripe old age in conjugal bliss / remain a devoted couple to the end of their lives
饱食终日无所用心 飽食終日無所用心 bǎo shí zhōng rì wú suǒ yòng xīn eat three square meals a day and do no work / be sated with food and remain idle
万古长青 萬古長青 wàn gǔ cháng qīng remain fresh / last forever / eternal syn
不为左右袒 不為左右袒 bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
久旷 久曠 jiǔ kuàng to leave uncultivated for a long time / by extension, to neglect one's work / to remain single
坐视不理 坐視不理 zuò shì bù lǐ to sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom)
坦然无惧 坦然無懼 tǎn rán wú jù remain calm and undaunted
守拙 shǒu zhuō to remain honest and poor
居孀 jū shuāng to remain widowed (formal)
拭目 shì mù to wipe one's eyes / fig. to remain vigilant
敬鬼神而远之 敬鬼神而遠之 jìng guǐ shén ér yuǎn zhī to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance
杜口 dù kǒu to remain silent
沉不住气 沉不住氣 chén bù zhù qì to lose one's cool / to get impatient / unable to remain calm
沉着应战 沉著應戰 chén zhuó yìng zhàn to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
无语 無語 wú yǔ to remain silent / to have nothing to say / (coll.) speechless / dumbfounded
穷竭心计 窮竭心計 qióng jié xīn jì to remain cunning even though exhausted (idiom) syn
万古长新 萬古長新 wàn gǔ cháng xīn to remain forever new (idiom)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

Share this page