噤若寒蝉
噤若寒蟬Meanings
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- 1.to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
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- 1.to remain silent out of fear; to refrain unwillingly from speaking out
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Etymology
Cicadas sing in summer and autumn than die soon. The ancients did not realize this and thought cicadas could not make a sound when it was cold, so they use it to describe not dare to speak out. From the Book of the Later Han
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