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知者不言,言者不知
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知者不言,言者不知 [zhīzhě búyán,yánzhě búzhī]
  1. 1. he who knows doesn't speak, he who speaks doesn't know; from the book Dao De Jing (《道德经》) by Laozi (老子)

Examples

知者甚少。
Very few people know about it.
惟其知者甚少,故须多加宣传。
It's precisely because very few people know about it that we must publicise it.
他不言一声儿。
He didn't say a word.
隐忍不言
forbear from speaking
他做了一辈子教书育人的工作,深受无数学生爱戴,真可谓“桃李不言,下自成蹊”。
As the idiom goes, a man of true worth attracts admiration. He has been a teacher all his life, and has won love and respect from the countless students he has taught.
有什么小小不言的事只管说一声!
Just let me know, however trivial it is.
噤口不言
桃李不言,下自成蹊。
那都是小小不言的事。
缄口不言。

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