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守口如瓶 (sau2 hau2 jyu4 ping4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

守口如瓶 (sau2 hau2 jyu4 ping4, shǒu kǒu rú píng) — lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped; reticent; not breathing a word

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beyond HSK

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