成语：鸦雀无声
拼音：yā què wú shēng
解释：连乌鸦麻雀的声音都没有。形容非常静
翻译：absolute silence

鸦雀无声 is an easy to understand and figurative chengyu. 雅 refers to 乌鸦 (raven, craw or blackbird). 雀 means 麻雀 which is a sparrow. 无声 means no noise. Put together it means “there is no noise from ravens or sparrows”. It is used to describe an absolute silence. For example:

  • 没想到这么吵闹的班级里老师一进来顿时就鸦雀无声了。
    I didn’t expect that this noisy class suddenly would suddenly become absolutely silent once the teacher entered.
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