木讷寡言

Traditional form:

木訥寡言

Pinyin (reading):

mùnèguǎyán

Definitions:

• honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)

Characters:

• 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
• 讷 - inarticulate, slow; to mumble, to stammer
• 寡 - widowed; friendless, alone
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say

Traditional characters:

• 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
• 訥 - inarticulate, slow; to mumble, to stammer
• 寡 - widowed; friendless, alone
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say