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鸦雀无声

鸦雀无声 yāquèwúshēng

鸦雀无声 yāquèwúshēng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 鸦雀无声 yāquèwúshēng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yāquèwúshēng | ya1 que4 wu2 sheng1
English translation
lit. crow and peacock make no sound
absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard
absolute silence

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Traditional form

鴉雀無聲

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Etymology of 鸦雀无声 yāquèwúshēng

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. diǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

diǎo

Positional decomposition

牙鸟

Number of Strokes

9

qiāo

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

小隹

Number of Strokes

11

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a person () dancing with ornamental leather hides () hanging from his arms, conveying the meaning "dance". Later, two feet ( chuǎn ) were added to the bottom of the character to form (dance), and was borrowed for its sound to re

Positional decomposition

一尢

Number of Strokes

4

shēng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Remmant of the character qìng (chime stones). Pictograph of a musical stone chime. Simplified form of shēng .

Positional decomposition

Shì

Number of Strokes

7

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