万马齐喑 wàn mǎ qí yīn

everyone silent; no one dares to speak

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 69321st word

Definitions

  1. 1. thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out
  2. 2. an atmosphere of political oppression

Characters

Character Meaning
万 wàn HSK 3
ten thousand; a great number; surname Wan
马 mǎ HSK 3
horse; surname Ma
齐 qí HSK 5
neat; even; all together
喑 yīn
mute