鸦雀无声 yāquèwúshēng in a sentence
Lit. crow and peacock make no sound; absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard; absolute silence†
鸦雀无声 (yāquèwúshēng) means Lit. crow and peacock make no sound, absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard, absolute silence †. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他一开口，全场 鸦雀无声 。
Tā yì kāikǒu, quánchǎng yāquèwúshēng.
The moment he spoke, the whole hall fell dead silent.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 鸦雀无声
教室里 鸦雀无声 ，只听见笔的声音。
Jiàoshì lǐ yāquèwúshēng, zhǐ tīngjiàn bǐ de shēngyīn.
The classroom was utterly silent but for the sound of pens.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 鸦雀无声
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How is 鸦雀无声 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 鸦雀无声 (yāquèwúshēng, "Lit. crow and peacock make no sound, absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard, absolute silence †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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Is 鸦雀无声 an HSK word?
Yes — 鸦雀无声 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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