不苟言笑
bùgǒu-yánxiào
serious; reserved; never joking
Every meaning
bùgǒu-yánxiào
- serious; reserved; never joking
Its characters
- 不bùnot; no
- 苟gǒuif; provided that
- 言yánwords; speech
- 笑xiàoto laugh; to smile
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Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.