"children should be seen and not heard" meaning in English

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          "code": "zh",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "children should be quiet",
          "word": "小孩子應該少說話"
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        {
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          "roman": "xiǎo háizi yīnggāi shǎo shuōhuà",
          "sense": "children should be quiet",
          "word": "小孩子应该少说话"
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          "sense": "children should be quiet",
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        {
          "code": "zh",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "children should be quiet",
          "word": "小孩子別插嘴"
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          "code": "zh",
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          "sense": "children should be quiet",
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          "roman": "dàrén shuōhuà, xiǎoháizi bié chāzuǐ",
          "sense": "children should be quiet",
          "word": "小孩子别插嘴"
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          "sense": "children should be quiet",
          "word": "lasten pitää näkyä, mutta ei kuulua"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "children should be quiet",
          "word": "dzieci i ryby głosu nie mają"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "detéj dolžnó bytʹ vídno, no ne slýšno",
          "sense": "children should be quiet",
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      "sense": "children should be quiet",
      "word": "小孩子應該少說話"
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      "roman": "xiǎo háizi yīnggāi shǎo shuōhuà",
      "sense": "children should be quiet",
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      "sense": "children should be quiet",
      "word": "lasten pitää näkyä, mutta ei kuulua"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "children should be quiet",
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