万马齐喑 wàn mǎ qí yīn

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

万 wàn
HSK 3
ten thousand; innumerable
马 mǎ
HSK 3
horse; surname; KangXi radical 187
齐 qí
HSK 5
even, uniform, of equal length
喑 yīn to be dumb; the sobbing of infants