钳马衔枚鉗馬銜枚

qián mǎ xián méi

Meaning

with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom); (of a marching army) in utter silence

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钳qiánpincers, pliers, tongs; to compress钅甘马mǎhorse; surname一衔xiánrank, title; to bite, to hold in the mouth行钅枚méithe stalk of a shrub, the trunk of a tree木攵