噤若寒蝉
jìnruò-hánchánTraditional 噤若寒蟬
to keep silent out of fear
Every meaning
jìnruò-hánchán
- to keep silent out of fear
Its characters
- 噤jìnto keep silent (as in 噤若寒蝉)
- 若ruòif; as if (as in 假若)
- 寒háncold
- 蝉cháncicada
Words with 若
Words with 寒
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.