?What do you mean by being silent? Where does it come from?

Source: Mao Dun's "Midnight" 11: "Occasionally, there are those who lower their heads alone and remain silent, they must be losers."

Definition: refers to not speaking; No sound.

Pronunciation: bu shēng bu xiǎng

Synonym: silent

Antonym: shouting

Example:

1. It is not money or quiet reforms that can make schools do better

2. China is quietly entering North Korea and acquiring the latter's mines and ports.

3. CNOOC quietly withdrew its $18 billion bid.

4. My master, you left without saying a word.

5. But they quietly helped trigger the crisis in mortgage-backed securities in 2007, when they quietly stopped rolling over bonds.

6. On Tuesday, *** made its debut in China Central Television’s weather forecast, quietly appearing in a list that scrolled across the screen, including major Chinese cities and several others. a disputed area.

7. Most of Hoover’s dark side was made public after his death. He conducted illegal and secret raids without any fanfare, abused surveillance of civil rights leaders and Vietnam War-era pacifists, and used secret documents to intimidate *** officials, as well as spying on movie stars and senators, and so on.

8. Over the past week, authorities have quietly replaced a bold editorial in a liberal newspaper with brazen propaganda, and purged an online letter calling for *** *** ** and closed a Beijing-based magazine that called for political reform.

9. People have been keeping quiet for a long time, but they have been setting up terrible traps.

10. The silent camel followed behind.

11. Clairehsu is quietly changing the landscape of contemporary art in Hong Kong.

12. They are just ordinary, silent people.

13. Using virtualization technology, Microsoft has created an "XP mode" for Windows 7 to support applications in Windows XP. This work has been going on quietly for some time.

14. If a child becomes silent, it must be because he has done something bad.

15. Because he was so fanciful and silent, a teacher once scolded him for being stupid.

16. Just keep quiet and don’t reveal a word about this matter.

17. Germany has always insisted that it is not an "immigration country", but has quietly increased its skilled immigration quota.

18. Tom's brother Sid has done his share of the work, for he is a quiet boy who never does anything adventurous or gets into any trouble.

19. They moved forward again, mingling quietly among the almost solid wall of people.