Correct
张不开口
/ zhāng bù kāi kǒu /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
跟……张不开口
2
觉得张不开口
3
张不开口也得张
4
有什么张不开口的
5
张不开口请人家……
6
张不开口告诉……
7
实在张不开口
Definition
张不开口
Literally means:
be unable to open one's mouth; feel embarrassed to say something directly
Actually means:
It figuratively means one feels embarrassed to say something frankly. It usually connotes that one feels it is inappropriate to say something directly considering the others' feeling, or due to the wrong occasion.
比喻有事不好意思说出来。多因碍于情面，或时机、场合不合适而不便说出来。
Example
Used as predicate or object. (作谓语、宾语)
1
Fùqīn
父亲
shēngbìng
生病
,
láixìn
来信
yào
要
tā
他
huíqu
回去
,
kěshì
可是
xiànzài
现在
gōngzuò
工作
zhème
这么
máng
忙
,
tā
他
shízài
实在
zhāng
张
bù
不
kāikǒu
开口
xiàng
向
lǐngdǎo
领导
qǐngjià
请假
。
Father is ill, the letter asked him to go back, but now the work is so busy, he really did not open his mouth to the leader to ask for leave.
2
Rúguǒ
如果
nǐ
你
wèile
为了
biède
别的
shì
事
zhǎo
找
fùmǔ
父母
jiè
借
qián
钱
,
wǒ
我
yě
也
bù
不
zànchéng
赞成
,
kěshì
可是
xiànzài
现在
nǐ
你
shì
是
wèile
为了
jiùrén
救人
,
zhāng
张
bù
不
kāikǒu
开口
yě
也
de
得
zhāng
张
。
If you ask your parents to borrow money for something else, I don't approve, but now you're trying to save people.
3
Tā
他
hěn
很
xǐhuan
喜欢
xiǎolán
小兰
,
hěn
很
xiǎng
想
chéngwéi
成为
tā
她
de
的
nánpéngyou
男朋友
,
kěshì
可是
měicì
每次
pèngdào
碰到
xiǎolán
小兰
yòu
又
juéde
觉得
zhāng
张
bù
不
kāikǒu
开口
。
He likes Xiaolan very much and wants to be her boyfriend, but every time he meets Xiaolan, he doesn't want to talk.