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钳马衔枚

qiánmǎxiánméi

Traditional: 鉗馬銜枚

with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom) / (of a marching army) in utter silence

Character Breakdown

钳
qián
pincers, pliers, tongs; to compress
马
mǎ
horse; surname
HSK 3
衔
xián
rank, title; to bite, to hold in the mouth
HSK 6
枚
méi
the stalk of a shrub, the trunk of a tree
HSK 6

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