"Tight-lipped" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shěng variant of 省[sheng3] / tight-lipped / to examine / to watch / to scour (esp. Cantonese)
 zuǐ láo tight-lipped
 shǒu kǒu rú píng lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom) / tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word
 sān jiān qí kǒu (idiom) reluctant to speak about it / tight-lipped
 bì kǒu bù tán to refuse to say anything about (idiom) / to remain tight-lipped / to avoid mentioning
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