默默無言 (mak6 mak6 mou4 jin4 | mo4 mo4 wu2 yan2) : speechless; say nothing; silent; not utter a word

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默默無言

mak6 mak6 mou4 jin4

mo4 mo4 wu2 yan2

speechless; say nothing; silent; not utter a word [Syn]默默無語；默默無聲；閉口不語；不言不語；閉口無言；杜口無言；緘口無言；啞口無言；三緘其口，緘口不言；緘舌閉口；嘿嘿無語

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

默默無言 / 默默无言

This word has been viewed 1783 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 15th Mar 2010 03:42 and last edited on 15th Mar 2010 03:51

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默 mak6 - silent; write from memory
默 mak6 - silent; write from memory
無 mou4 - not; negative; don't have
言 jin4 - words, speech

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啞佬相見，默默無言 - when two mute people meet they are speechless; to have nothing to say to each other

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