守口如瓶

Traditional form:

守口如瓶

Pinyin (reading):

shǒukǒurúpíng

Definitions:

• lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
• reticent
• not breathing a word

Characters:

• 守 - to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait
• 口 - mouth; entrance, gate, opening
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 瓶 - bottle, jug, pitcher, vase

Traditional characters:

• 守 - to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait
• 口 - mouth; entrance, gate, opening
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 瓶 - bottle, jug, pitcher, vase