閉口

闭口
bìkǒu
  1. (literary) to close one's mouth
  2. (literary) to remain tight-lipped; to keep mum
  3. to close one's mouth
  4. to remain tight-lipped; to keep mum

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 閉 bì
  1. to close
  2. to stop up
  3. to shut
  4. to obstruct
2 口 kǒu
  1. mouth
  2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Containing this entry

閉口不言 bìkǒubùyán to keep silent (idiom)
閉口不談 bìkǒubùtán
  1. to refuse to say anything about (idiom)
  2. to remain tight-lipped
  3. to avoid mentioning
開口閉口 kāikǒubìkǒu
閉口韻 bìkǒuyùn