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沉默

chén mò

HSK 4 · word 2273 of 3,000

Meaning

• taciturn
• uncommunicative
• silent

Example sentence

Characters in 沉默

• 沉 chén to submerge
• 默 mò silent, quiet; to write from memory

沉 to sink plus 默, silent. 沉 gives 沉重; 默 gives 默认. Sunken silence is being taciturn.

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