- with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom)
- (of a marching army) in utter silence
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- with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom)
This idiom is typically used to describe a situation where an army is marching silently, often to convey a sense of stealth, surprise, or tension. It emphasizes the quietness of the soldiers and their mounts during a potentially critical moment.
Our troop must maintain silence while moving at night.
They moved forward in utter silence near the enemy camp.
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qián mǎ xián méi钳马衔枚in utter silencebǎo chí保持qián mǎ xián méi钳马衔枚to maintain silence while marchingxíng jūn行军qián mǎ xián méi钳马衔枚to march in silenceláo láo牢牢qián mǎ xián méi钳马衔枚to be tightly gagged in silenceqián mǎ xián méi钳马衔枚ér而háng行to go forward in silenceshī xíng施行qián mǎ xián méi钳马衔枚to implement rules in silencezhàn dòu战斗shí时qián mǎ xián méi钳马衔枚to be in utter silence during battletū rán突然qián mǎ xián méi钳马衔枚to suddenly fall into silencebù不gǎn敢qián mǎ xián méi钳马衔枚to be too afraid to make a soundbǎo chí保持qián mǎ xián méi钳马衔枚de的zhuàng tài状态to keep a state of total silence