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沉默

chén mò · chen mo

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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他(tā)发(fā)言(yán)完(wán)后(hòu)，大(dà)家(jiā)陷(xiàn)入(rù)了(le)沉(chén)默(mò)。

When he finished speaking, everyone was silent.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jin1 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

面(miàn)对(duì)这(zhè)个(ge)问(wèn)题(tí)，他(tā)选(xuǎn)择(zé)了(le)沉(chén)默(mò)。

Faced with this question, he chose to remain silent.

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to submerge; to immerse

silent; to write from memory

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