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閉麥

简闭麦 · 繁閉麥

Mandarin · pinyin bì mài

to switch one's microphone to "mute"
(fig.) to go silent

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闭: bì · shut, close; obstruct, block up
麦: mài · wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of Kangxi radical 199

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4–4 · bi4 mai4

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verb

(neologism, slang) to turn off one's microphone

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