See 三緘其口 on Wiktionary
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"roman": "Kǒngzǐ zhī Zhōu, guān yú Tàimiào. Yòu bì zhīqián, yǒu jīnrén yān, sān jiān qí kǒu, ér míng qí bèi yuē: “Gǔ zhī shènyán rén yě. Jiè zhī zāi! Jiè zhī zāi! Wú duōyán, duōyán duō bài;......”",
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"text": "孔子之周，觀於太廟。右陛之前，有金人焉，三緘其口，而銘其背曰：「古之慎言人也。戒之哉！戒之哉！無多言，多言多敗；……」"
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"text": "孔子之周，观于太庙。右陛之前，有金人焉，三缄其口，而铭其背曰：「古之慎言人也。戒之哉！戒之哉！无多言，多言多败；……」"
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"literal_meaning": "在嘴上貼了三張封條",
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"zh_pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄑㄧˊ ㄎㄡˇ"
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"zh_pron": "sānjiānqíkǒu"
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"zh_pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄑㄧˊ ㄎㄡˇ"
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"zh_pron": "саньцзяньцикоу"
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"zh_pron": "sam¹ gam¹ kéi⁴ heo²"
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"text": "孔子之周，觀於太廟。右陛之前，有金人焉，三緘其口，而銘其背曰：「古之慎言人也。戒之哉！戒之哉！無多言，多言多敗；……」"
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"text": "孔子之周，观于太庙。右陛之前，有金人焉，三缄其口，而铭其背曰：「古之慎言人也。戒之哉！戒之哉！无多言，多言多败；……」"
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"zh_pron": "saam¹ gaam¹ kei⁴ hau²"
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"zh_pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄑㄧˊ ㄎㄡˇ"
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"zh_pron": "san¹-chien¹-chʻi²-kʻou³"
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"zh_pron": "sam¹ gam¹ kéi⁴ heo²"
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"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ kaːm⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/",
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"word": "三緘其口"
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