守口如瓶
C1–C2
Level 7
守口如瓶 (shǒu kǒu rú píng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.
Definition
- lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
- reticent
- not breathing a word
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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).