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啞口無言
简 哑口无言 · 繁 啞口無言Mandarin · pinyin yǎ kǒu wú yán
Meanings
- dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom)
- left speechless; at a loss for words
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Mandarin tones
3–3–2–2 · ya3 kou3 wu2 yan2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
aa2 hau2 mou4 jin4
Cantonese word readings for 啞口無言. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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aa2 hau2 mou4 jin4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to be speechless in response to being interrogated or refuted
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