鸦雀无声
Traditional form:
鴉雀無聲
Pinyin (reading):
yāquèwúshēng
Definitions:
- lit. crow and peacock make no sound
- absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard
- absolute silence
Characters:
- 鸦 - crow; Corvus species (various)
- 雀 - sparrow
- 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 声 - sound, noise; voice, tone, music
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