一 言 不 发

yīyán-bùfā

Meaning

to not say a word (idiom)

Example

你怎么一言不发？

How come you say nothing?

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yīHSK 11 strokesone yánHSK 27 strokeswords bùHSK 14 strokesno; not so fāHSK 25 strokesto send out

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