万马齐喑

Traditional form:

萬馬齊喑

Pinyin (reading):

wànmǎqíyīn

Definitions:

• thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out
• an atmosphere of political oppression

Characters:

• 万 - ten thousand; innumerable
• 马 - horse; surname
• 齐 - even, uniform, of equal length
• 喑 - dumb, mute; the sobbing of an infant

Traditional characters:

• 萬 - ten thousand; innumerable
• 馬 - horse; surname
• 齊 - even, uniform, of equal length
• 喑 - dumb, mute; the sobbing of an infant