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MEANING/意义

一言不发

EXAMPLES/列句

一路上，爸爸一言不发，望着窗外出神。

yí lù shàng ，bà ba yì yán bù fā ，wàng zhe chuāng wài chū shén .

On the way，father didn't utter one word. He was just staring blankly outside the window.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	一路上	yí lù shang	all the way，along the way，on the trip
2.	爸爸	bà ba	dad，father
3.	一言不发	yì yán bù fā	not say a word (idiom) ，keep silent
4.	望	wàng	reputation; reputable person; hope，expect; pay a visit; streamer sign of a shop; (lit.) hate
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有时候，他坐在椅子上，一言不发地坐着发呆，一坐就是半天。

yǒu shí hou ，tā zuò zài yǐ zi shàng ，yì yán bù fā de zuò zhe fā dāi ，yí zuò jiù shì bàn tiān

Sometimes，he sits on the chair，staring blankly into nothing and without uttering a word，for a long while.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	有时候	yǒu shí hou	sometimes
2.	他	tā	he，him; another，other; everyone; meaningless mock object
3.	椅子	yǐ zi	chair
4.	上	shàng	previous，last (used before nouns to show something happened earlier) ; higher in position
5.	一言不发	yì yán bù fā	not say a word (idiom) ，keep silent
6.	地	dì	land，soil; the earth; ground; location; position; prefecture; space; background; distance; mental state
7.	坐	zuò	sit，travel by or on
8.	着	zhe	(after a verb to indicate an action is in a progress or in a certain state that continues)
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