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無聲無息

简无声无息 · 繁無聲無息

Mandarin · pinyin wú shēng wú xī

wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
taciturn
not providing any news

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聲: shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
息: xī · rest, put stop to, end, cease
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
声: shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music

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2–1–2–1 · wu2 sheng1 wu2 xi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou4 sing1 mou4 sik1

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phrase

(idiomatic) soundless; silent
(idiomatic) obscure; uninfluential

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