雄辯如銀，沉默如金。

Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 雄辯 xióngbiàn
  1. eloquent
  2. oratory
  3. rhetoric
2 如 rú
  1. as
  2. as if
  3. such as
3 銀 yín
  1. silver
  2. silver-colored
  3. relating to money or currency
4 沉默 chénmò
  1. taciturn
  2. uncommunicative
  3. silent
5 如 rú
  1. as
  2. as if
  3. such as
=6 金 Jīn
  1. surname Jin
  2. surname Kim (Korean)
  3. Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
=6 金 jīn
  1. gold
  2. chemical element Au
  3. generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
  4. money
  5. golden
  6. highly respected
  7. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bāyīn