Keep quiet

Keep quiet

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ō NGM ò sh ǒ UJ ì ng, meaning respectfully silent, do not speak, keep quiet. It comes from the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu, biography of Liu ba.

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used of a person's manner

The origin of Idioms

Liu BA's biography of Shu Shu in the annals of the Three Kingdoms says, "I have to pay for it by myself. I'm afraid of seeing and suspecting it. I'm respectful, silent and quiet. I have no private relations and I don't talk about it in public affairs."