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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	缄	椷	jiān	jian1	letters; to close; to seal; (wooden) box; cup; old variant of 缄 ; letter
2	缄口不言	緘口不言	jiān kǒu bù yán	jian1 kou3 bu4 yan2	lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic); to censor
3	缄默	緘默	jiān mò	jian1 mo4	to keep silent
4	结舌缄口	結舌緘口	jié shé jiān kǒu	jie2 she2 jian1 kou3	to be tongue-tied and mouth-sealed (idiom)
5	金人缄口	金人緘口	jīn rén jiān kǒu	jin1 ren2 jian1 kou3	careful in speech (idiom)
6	三缄其口	三緘其口	sān jiān qí kǒu	san1 jian1 qi2 kou3	(idiom) reluctant to speak about it; tight-lipped