沉默寡言

chénmòguǎyán
idiom #21,002

Meanings

  1. 1 taciturn
  2. 2 habitually silent
  3. 3 a person of few words

Examples

Tā shēngxìng chénmòguǎyán, hěn shǎo zhǔdòng kāikǒu.
He is taciturn by nature and rarely speaks up.
Chénmòguǎyán de rén yǒushíhòu nèixīn shìjiè hěn fēngfù.
People who are quiet often have a rich inner world.

Tips

memory
(sink/deep) + (silent) + (few/scarce) + (words/speech). Picture someone sunken deep in silence with scarce words — a still pond, nothing rising to the surface.

Stroke Order

chén
guǎ
yán