木讷寡言
mù nè guǎ yán · honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 木讷寡言
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
发言fāyánto make a speech; statement; utterance; CL:個|个[ge4]
留言liúyánto leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
木头mùtouslow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc); CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]
树木shùmùtree
方言fāngyánthe first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters; topolect; dialect