萬馬齊喑 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

萬 wàn ten thousand; innumerable
馬 mǎ horse; surname; KangXi radical 187
齊 qí even, uniform, of equal length
喑 yīn to be dumb; the sobbing of infants