be scanty of words

be scanty of words

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch é nzh ø nggu ǎ y á n, which means simple and steady, do not like to talk more; the same as "be serious and speak less". It's from "Yongchuang Sketches: Chen Tongfu's talk about soldiers".

The origin of Idioms

In Ming Dynasty, Zhu Guozhen's Yongchuang sketch, Chen Tongfu talks about soldiers: "Tongfu thinks in the night, but you an is very quiet. Because of wine, if you wake up and realize it, you will kill me."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive.