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Trad |
Simp |
Mandarin |
Definition |
Days old |
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把酒言歡 |
把酒言欢 |
[[ba3jiu3-yan2huan1]] |
/to drink together and chat merrily/ |
133
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2 |
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杯酒言歡 |
杯酒言欢 |
[bei1 jiu3 yan2 huan1] |
/a few drinks and a nice conversation (idiom)/ |
6334
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1 |
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北京語言大學 |
北京语言大学 |
[Bei3 jing1 Yu3 yan2 Da4 xue2] |
/Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)/ |
6014
|
1 |
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|
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北京語言學院 |
北京语言学院 |
[Bei3 jing1 Yu3 yan2 Xue2 yuan4] |
/Beijing Language Institute/former name of 北京語言大學|北京语言大学[Bei3 jing1 Yu3 yan2 Da4 xue2] Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)/ |
6014
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1 |
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|
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比較而言 |
比较而言 |
[bi3 jiao4 er2 yan2] |
/comparatively speaking/ |
7103
|
1 |
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|
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閉口不言 |
闭口不言 |
[bi4 kou3 bu4 yan2] |
/to keep silent (idiom)/ |
4840
|
1 |
|
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冰炭不言，冷熱自明 |
冰炭不言，冷热自明 |
[bing1 tan4 bu4 yan2 , leng3 re4 zi4 ming2] |
/ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words/ |
6334
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1 |
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不可勝言 |
不可胜言 |
[bu4 ke3 sheng4 yan2] |
/inexpressible (idiom)/beyond description/ |
5334
|
1 |
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不可言喻 |
不可言喻 |
[bu4 ke3 yan2 yu4] |
/inexpressible (idiom)/ |
6334
|
1 |
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不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前 |
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 |
[bu4 ting1 lao3 ren2 yan2 , chi1 kui1 zai4 yan3 qian2] |
/(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril/ |
2849
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1 |
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不幸言中 |
不幸言中 |
[bu4 xing4 yan2 zhong4] |
/to turn out just as one predicted or feared/ |
3712
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1 |
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|
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不恤人言 |
不恤人言 |
[bu4 xu4 ren2 yan2] |
/not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say/ |
6334
|
1 |
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|
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不言不語 |
不言不语 |
[bu4 yan2 bu4 yu3] |
/to not say a word (idiom)/to keep silent/ |
5126
|
1 |
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不言自明 |
不言自明 |
[bu4 yan2 zi4 ming2] |
/self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)/ |
6303
|
1 |
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|
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不以人廢言 |
不以人废言 |
[bu4 yi3 ren2 fei4 yan2] |
/not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers/ |
6330
|
1 |
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不言而喻 |
不言而喻 |
[[bu4yan2er2yu4]] |
/(idiom) it goes without saying; it is self-evident/ |
64
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2 |
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察言觀色 |
察言观色 |
[cha2 yan2 guan1 se4] |
/to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom)/to discern what sb thinks from his body language/ |
3944
|
1 |
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讒言 |
谗言 |
[chan2 yan2] |
/slander/slanderous report/calumny/false charge/ |
7103
|
1 |
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常言 |
常言 |
[chang2 yan2] |
/common saying/ |
6294
|
1 |
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|
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常言說得好 |
常言说得好 |
[[chang2yan2 shuo1 de5 hao3]] |
/as the saying goes; as they say.../ |
876
|
2 |
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暢所欲言 |
畅所欲言 |
[chang4 suo3 yu4 yan2] |
/lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic/to hold forth to one's heart's content/ |
5752
|
1 |
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|
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倡言 |
倡言 |
[chang4 yan2] |
/to propose/to put forward (an idea)/to initiate/ |
6487
|
1 |
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倡言者 |
倡言者 |
[chang4 yan2 zhe3] |
/proposer/ |
6487
|
1 |
|
|
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超文本標記語言 |
超文本标记语言 |
[chao1 wen2 ben3 biao1 ji4 yu3 yan2] |
/hypertext markup language/HTML/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
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沉靜寡言 |
沉静寡言 |
[chen2 jing4 gua3 yan2] |
/see 沉默寡言[chen2 mo4 gua3 yan2]/ |
5242
|
1 |
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|
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沉默寡言 |
沉默寡言 |
[chen2 mo4 gua3 yan2] |
/habitually silent (idiom)/reticent/uncommunicative/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
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程式語言 |
程式语言 |
[cheng2 shi4 yu3 yan2] |
/programming language (Tw)/ |
1690
|
1 |
|
|
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出言 |
出言 |
[chu1 yan2] |
/to speak/words/ |
5750
|
1 |
|
|
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出言不遜 |
出言不逊 |
[chu1 yan2 bu4 xun4] |
/to speak rudely/ |
5530
|
1 |
|
|
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傳言 |
传言 |
[chuan2 yan2] |
/rumor/hearsay/ |
7103
|
1 |
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|
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此言不虛 |
此言不虚 |
[[ci3yan2-bu4xu1]] |
/see 此言非虛|此言非虚[ci3yan2-fei1xu1]/ |
630
|
2 |
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此言非虛 |
此言非虚 |
[[ci3yan2-fei1xu1]] |
/that is true/ |
630
|
2 |
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次方言 |
次方言 |
[ci4 fang1 yan2] |
/subdialect/ |
2483
|
1 |
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|
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大恩不言謝 |
大恩不言谢 |
[da4 en1 bu4 yan2 xie4] |
/(maxim) a mere "thank you" is an insufficient response to a huge favor/(expression of gratitude) words cannot express my appreciation for what you have done/ |
2004
|
1 |
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大言 |
大言 |
[da4 yan2] |
/to exaggerate/to boast/ |
6024
|
1 |
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大言不慚 |
大言不惭 |
[da4 yan2 bu4 can2] |
/to boast shamelessly/to talk big/ |
6469
|
1 |
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|
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代言 |
代言 |
[dai4 yan2] |
/to be a spokesperson/to be an ambassador (for a brand)/to endorse/ |
5348
|
1 |
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|
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代言人 |
代言人 |
[dai4 yan2 ren2] |
/spokesperson/ |
5881
|
1 |
|
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導言 |
导言 |
[dao3 yan2] |
/introduction/preamble/ |
6920
|
1 |
|
|
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低級語言 |
低级语言 |
[di1 ji2 yu3 yan2] |
/low-level (computer) language/ |
3331
|
1 |
|
|
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低階語言 |
低阶语言 |
[di1 jie1 yu3 yan2] |
/low-level (computer) language/ |
3331
|
1 |
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電腦語言 |
电脑语言 |
[dian4 nao3 yu3 yan2] |
/programming language; computer language/ |
1087
|
1 |
|
|
|
獨立宣言 |
独立宣言 |
[du2 li4 xuan1 yan2] |
/Declaration of Independence/ |
7035
|
1 |
|
|
|
斷言 |
断言 |
[duan4 yan2] |
/to assert/assertion/ |
1282
|
1 |
|
|
|
多言 |
多言 |
[duo1 yan2] |
/wordy/talkative/ |
6131
|
1 |
|
|
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多語言 |
多语言 |
[[duo1yu3yan2]] |
/multilingual/ |
874
|
2 |
|
|
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惡言 |
恶言 |
[e4 yan2] |
/evil tongue/malicious talk/ |
6628
|
1 |
|
|
|
惡言傷人 |
恶言伤人 |
[e4 yan2 shang1 ren2] |
/to insult/to direct bad language at sb/to slag off/ |
6584
|
1 |
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|
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而言 |
而言 |
[er2 yan2] |
/(typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of .../ |
1354
|
1 |
|
|
|
發言 |
发言 |
[fa1 yan2] |
/to make a speech/statement/utterance/CL:個|个[ge4]/ |
5603
|
1 |
|
|
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發言人 |
发言人 |
[fa1 yan2 ren2] |
/spokesperson/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
發言權 |
发言权 |
[[fa1yan2quan2]] |
/the right to speak; the right to express one's views/ |
82
|
2 |
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|
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坊間傳言 |
坊间传言 |
[fang1 jian1 chuan2 yan2] |
/rumors/the word on the street/ |
4659
|
1 |
|
|
|
方言 |
方言 |
[fang1 yan2] |
/topolect/dialect/ |
3995
|
1 |
|
|
|
方言 |
方言 |
[Fang1 yan2] |
/the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters/ |
4874
|
1 |
|
|
|
肺腑之言 |
肺腑之言 |
[fei4 fu3 zhi1 yan2] |
/words from the bottom of one's heart/ |
6293
|
1 |
|
|
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父母之命，媒妁之言 |
父母之命，媒妁之言 |
[[fu4mu3 zhi1 ming4, mei2shuo4 zhi1 yan2]] |
/(idiom) parents' orders and matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)/ |
427
|
2 |
|
|
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概而言之 |
概而言之 |
[gai4 er2 yan2 zhi1] |
/same as 總而言之|总而言之[zong3 er2 yan2 zhi1]/ |
4773
|
1 |
|
|
|
甘言蜜語 |
甘言蜜语 |
[[gan1yan2-mi4yu3]] |
/see 甜言蜜語|甜言蜜语[tian2yan2-mi4yu3]/ |
284
|
2 |
|
|
|
敢怒而不敢言 |
敢怒而不敢言 |
[gan3 nu4 er2 bu4 gan3 yan2] |
/angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom); obliged to remain silent about one's resentment/unable to voice objections/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
敢言 |
敢言 |
[[gan3yan2]] |
/to be bold enough to speak out/ |
407
|
2 |
|
|
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高級語言 |
高级语言 |
[gao1 ji2 yu3 yan2] |
/(computing) high-level language/ |
2393
|
1 |
|
|
|
高階語言 |
高阶语言 |
[gao1 jie1 yu3 yan2] |
/(computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau)/ |
2393
|
1 |
|
|
|
格言 |
格言 |
[ge2 yan2] |
/maxim/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
共產黨宣言 |
共产党宣言 |
[Gong4 chan3 dang3 Xuan1 yan2] |
/Manifesto of the Communist Party/"Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei" by Marx and Engels (1848)/ |
5094
|
1 |
|
|
|
姑妄言之 |
姑妄言之 |
[gu1 wang4 yan2 zhi1] |
/to just talk for the sake of talking/ |
5874
|
1 |
|
|
|
古典語言 |
古典语言 |
[gu3 dian3 yu3 yan2] |
/classical language/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
顧左右而言他 |
顾左右而言他 |
[[gu4 zuo3you4 er2 yan2 ta1]] |
/(idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion/ |
825
|
2 |
|
|
|
寡言 |
寡言 |
[gua3 yan2] |
/taciturn/reticent/ |
6231
|
1 |
|
|
|
官方語言 |
官方语言 |
[[guan1fang1 yu3yan2]] |
/official language/ |
40
|
2 |
|
|
|
廣開言路 |
广开言路 |
[guang3 kai1 yan2 lu4] |
/to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)/ |
4654
|
1 |
|
|
|
國防語言學院 |
国防语言学院 |
[Guo2 fang2 Yu3 yan2 Xue2 yuan4] |
/US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)/ |
5630
|
1 |
|
|
|
豪言壯語 |
豪言壮语 |
[hao2 yan2 zhuang4 yu3] |
/bold, visionary words/ |
5491
|
1 |
|
|
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好言 |
好言 |
[hao3 yan2] |
/kind words/ |
4640
|
1 |
|
|
|
好言好語 |
好言好语 |
[hao3 yan2 hao3 yu3] |
/sincere, well-meant, kind words/ |
1315
|
1 |
|
|
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何出此言 |
何出此言 |
[he2 chu1 ci3 yan2] |
/where do these words stem from?/why do you (he, etc) say such a thing?/ |
5342
|
1 |
|
|
|
胡言亂語 |
胡言乱语 |
[hu2 yan2 luan4 yu3] |
/babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings/double Dutch/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
花言巧語 |
花言巧语 |
[hua1 yan2 qiao3 yu3] |
/graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words/cheating wheedling/dishonest rhetoric/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
換而言之 |
换而言之 |
[huan4 er2 yan2 zhi1] |
/in other words/ |
3903
|
1 |
|
|
|
換言之 |
换言之 |
[huan4 yan2 zhi1] |
/in other words/ |
6464
|
1 |
|
|
|
黃謠 |
黄谣 |
[huang2 yao2] |
/sexual rumor (abbr. for 黃色謠言|黄色谣言[huang2 se4 yao2 yan2])/ |
997
|
1 |
|
|
|
謊言 |
谎言 |
[huang3 yan2] |
/lie/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
匯編語言 |
汇编语言 |
[hui4 bian1 yu3 yan2] |
/assembly language/ |
7035
|
1 |
|
|
|
諱言 |
讳言 |
[[hui4yan2]] |
/to avoid stating openly (esp. sensitive or unpleasant matters, usu. in the negative, as in 不諱言|不讳言[bu4 hui4yan2] "to state frankly")/ |
209
|
2 |
|
|
|
機械語言 |
机械语言 |
[ji1 xie4 yu3 yan2] |
/machine language/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
緘口不言 |
缄口不言 |
[jian1 kou3 bu4 yan2] |
/see 閉口不言|闭口不言[bi4 kou3 bu4 yan2]/ |
1855
|
1 |
|
|
|
簡而言之 |
简而言之 |
[jian3 er2 yan2 zhi1] |
/in a nutshell/to put it briefly/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
簡言之 |
简言之 |
[jian3 yan2 zhi1] |
/in simple terms/to put things simply/briefly/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
建言 |
建言 |
[jian4 yan2] |
/to make a suggestion/to state (one's views, ideas etc)/suggestion/advice/idea/ |
2570
|
1 |
|
|
|
諫言 |
谏言 |
[jian4 yan2] |
/advice/to advise/ |
6618
|
1 |
|
|
|
薦言 |
荐言 |
[jian4 yan2] |
/to recommend (in words)/to suggest/ |
5780
|
1 |
|
|
|
交淺言深 |
交浅言深 |
[[jiao1qian3-yan2shen1]] |
/(idiom) to talk intimately while being comparative strangers/ |
772
|
2 |
|
|
|
金石良言 |
金石良言 |
[jin1 shi2 liang2 yan2] |
/gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
金玉良言 |
金玉良言 |
[jin1 yu4 liang2 yan2] |
/gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
進言 |
进言 |
[jin4 yan2] |
/to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position)/to offer a word of advice/ |
4979
|
1 |
|
|
|
盡言 |
尽言 |
[jin4 yan2] |
/saying everything/to speak out fully/ |
6549
|
1 |
|
|
|
警世通言 |
警世通言 |
[Jing3 shi4 Tong1 yan2] |
/Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2] published in 1624/ |
4008
|
1 |
|
|
|
鏡頭語言 |
镜头语言 |
[[jing4tou2 yu3yan2]] |
/cinematic language (the visual grammar and techniques of filmmaking)/ |
230
|
2 |
|
|
|
酒後吐真言 |
酒后吐真言 |
[jiu3 hou4 tu3 zhen1 yan2] |
/after wine, spit out the truth/in vino veritas/ |
6020
|
1 |
|
|
|
酒言酒語 |
酒言酒语 |
[jiu3 yan2 jiu3 yu3] |
/words spoken under the influence of alcohol (idiom)/ |
6093
|
1 |
|
|
|
君子一言，駟馬難追 |
君子一言，驷马难追 |
[jun1 zi3 yi1 yan2 , si4 ma3 nan2 zhui1] |
/a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)/ |
5139
|
1 |
|
|
|
開言 |
开言 |
[kai1 yan2] |
/to start to speak/ |
6292
|
1 |
|
|
|
可擴展標記語言 |
可扩展标记语言 |
[ke3 kuo4 zhan3 biao1 ji4 yu3 yan2] |
/extensible markup language (XML)/ |
6618
|
1 |
|
|
|
可言 |
可言 |
[ke3 yan2] |
/it may be said/ |
5549
|
1 |
|
|
|
可以意會，不可言傳 |
可以意会，不可言传 |
[ke3 yi3 yi4 hui4 , bu4 ke3 yan2 chuan2] |
/can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); mysterious and subtle/ |
1955
|
1 |
|
|
|
口不擇言 |
口不择言 |
[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2] |
/to speak incoherently/to ramble/to talk irresponsibly/ |
4522
|
1 |
|
|
|
口出狂言 |
口出狂言 |
[kou3 chu1 kuang2 yan2] |
/to speak conceited nonsense/to come out with arrogant claptrap/ |
4992
|
1 |
|
|
|
口無擇言 |
口无择言 |
[kou3 wu2 ze2 yan2] |
/to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom)/wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2]/ |
4147
|
1 |
|
|
|
苦不堪言 |
苦不堪言 |
[ku3 bu4 kan1 yan2] |
/to suffer unspeakable misery/indescribably painful/hellish/ |
2524
|
1 |
|
|
|
跨語言 |
跨语言 |
[kua4 yu3 yan2] |
/cross-language/polyglot/ |
6796
|
1 |
|
|
|
狂言 |
狂言 |
[kuang2 yan2] |
/ravings/delirious utterances/kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater)/ |
5098
|
1 |
|
|
|
讕言 |
谰言 |
[lan2 yan2] |
/slander/calumny/to accuse unjustly/ |
6761
|
1 |
|
|
|
蘭言 |
兰言 |
[lan2 yan2] |
/intimate conversation/ |
6943
|
1 |
|
|
|
冷言冷語 |
冷言冷语 |
[leng3 yan2 leng3 yu3] |
/sarcastic comments (idiom)/to make sarcastic comments/ |
3777
|
1 |
|
|
|
立言 |
立言 |
[li4 yan2] |
/to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3])/to expound one's theory/ |
1995
|
1 |
|
|
|
例言 |
例言 |
[li4 yan2] |
/introductory remarks/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
臨別贈言 |
临别赠言 |
[lin2 bie2 zeng4 yan2] |
/words of advice on parting/ |
6851
|
1 |
|
|
|
流言 |
流言 |
[liu2 yan2] |
/rumor/gossip/to spread rumors/ |
6833
|
1 |
|
|
|
留言本 |
留言本 |
[liu2 yan2 ben3] |
/guestbook/ |
6366
|
1 |
|
|
|
留言簿 |
留言簿 |
[liu2 yan2 bu4] |
/visitor's book/CL:本[ben3]/ |
6367
|
1 |
|
|
|
流言蜚語 |
流言蜚语 |
[liu2 yan2 fei1 yu3] |
/rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip/lies and slanders/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
留言 |
留言 |
[[liu2yan2]] |
/to leave a message; to leave one's comments/message/ |
538
|
2 |
|
|
|
六字真言 |
六字真言 |
[liu4 zi4 zhen1 yan2] |
/the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)/ |
4600
|
1 |
|
|
|
屢出狂言 |
屡出狂言 |
[lü3 chu1 kuang2 yan2] |
/repeated gaffes/ |
6668
|
1 |
|
|
|
滿口胡言 |
满口胡言 |
[man3 kou3 hu2 yan2] |
/to spout nonsense/to bullshit endlessly/ |
6598
|
1 |
|
|
|
滿口謊言 |
满口谎言 |
[man3 kou3 huang3 yan2] |
/to pour out lies/ |
6600
|
1 |
|
|
|
媒妁之言 |
媒妁之言 |
[[mei2shuo4 zhi1 yan2]] |
/(idiom) matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)/ |
521
|
2 |
|
|
|
美言 |
美言 |
[[mei3yan2]] |
/to put in a good word (for sb)/(literary) beautiful words; elegant expression/ |
407
|
2 |
|
|
|
面嚮對象語言 |
面向对象语言 |
[mian4 xiang4 dui4 xiang4 yu3 yan2] |
/object oriented language/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
妙不可言 |
妙不可言 |
[miao4 bu4 ke3 yan2] |
/too wonderful for words/ |
5662
|
1 |
|
|
|
妙在不言中 |
妙在不言中 |
[miao4 zai4 bu4 yan2 zhong1] |
/the charm lies in what is left unsaid (idiom)/ |
6067
|
1 |
|
|
|
名不正言不順 |
名不正言不顺 |
[ming2 bu5 zheng4 yan2 bu5 shun4] |
/(of a title, degree etc) illegitimately conferred/ |
3492
|
1 |
|
|
|
名言 |
名言 |
[ming2 yan2] |
/saying/famous remark/ |
4730
|
1 |
|
|
|
銘言 |
铭言 |
[ming2 yan2] |
/motto/slogan/ |
6982
|
1 |
|
|
|
明言 |
明言 |
[ming2 yan2] |
/to say clearly/to argue clearly/to pronounce/pronounced/ |
6487
|
1 |
|
|
|
名正言順 |
名正言顺 |
[ming2 zheng4 yan2 shun4] |
/in a way that justifies the use of the term/genuine/proper/in a way that conforms to logic/justifiable/appropriate/perfectly legitimate/ |
3702
|
1 |
|
|
|
莫言 |
莫言 |
[Mo4 Yan2] |
/Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature/ |
5007
|
1 |
|
|
|
木訥寡言 |
木讷寡言 |
[mu4 ne4 gua3 yan2] |
/honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)/ |
3871
|
1 |
|
|
|
難言之隱 |
难言之隐 |
[nan2 yan2 zhi1 yin3] |
/a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom)/sth too embarrassing to mention/an embarrassing illness/ |
5379
|
1 |
|
|
|
能言善辯 |
能言善辩 |
[neng2 yan2 shan4 bian4] |
/glib of tongue (idiom)/eloquent/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
逆耳之言 |
逆耳之言 |
[ni4 er3 zhi1 yan2] |
/speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths/home truths (that one does not want to hear)/ |
6062
|
1 |
|
|
|
諾言 |
诺言 |
[nuo4 yan2] |
/promise/ |
5315
|
1 |
|
|
|
七律 |
七律 |
[[qi1lü4]] |
/verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 characters, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. for 七言律詩|七言律诗[qi1yan2 lu:4shi1])/ |
155
|
2 |
|
|
|
七言律詩 |
七言律诗 |
[[qi1yan2 lü4shi1]] |
/verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 characters, with rhyme on alternate lines/ |
155
|
2 |
|
|
|
千言萬語 |
千言万语 |
[qian1 yan2 wan4 yu3] |
/thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say/talking nonstop/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
前言 |
前言 |
[[qian2yan2]] |
/preface; foreword; introduction; preamble/earlier remarks; earlier words/(literary) words of the ancient thinkers/ |
710
|
2 |
|
|
|
巧言令色 |
巧言令色 |
[qiao3 yan2 ling4 se4] |
/to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)/ |
2289
|
1 |
|
|
|
輕言 |
轻言 |
[qing1 yan2] |
/to say, without careful consideration/ |
1865
|
1 |
|
|
|
輕言細語 |
轻言细语 |
[qing1 yan2 xi4 yu3] |
/to speak softly/ |
7051
|
1 |
|
|
|
全球而言 |
全球而言 |
[quan2 qiu2 er2 yan2] |
/globally; worldwide/ |
1393
|
1 |
|
|
|
群言堂 |
群言堂 |
[qun2 yan2 tang2] |
/letting everyone have their say/taking people's views into account/free expression of different views/(contrasted with 一言堂[yi1 yan2 tang2])/ |
1965
|
1 |
|
|
|
人微言輕 |
人微言轻 |
[ren2 wei1 yan2 qing1] |
/(idiom) what lowly people think counts for little/ |
2384
|
1 |
|
|
|
人言籍籍 |
人言籍籍 |
[ren2 yan2 ji2 ji2] |
/tongues are wagging (idiom)/ |
4194
|
1 |
|
|
|
人言可畏 |
人言可畏 |
[ren2 yan2 ke3 wei4] |
/gossip is a fearful thing (idiom)/ |
4190
|
1 |
|
|
|
仁言利博 |
仁言利博 |
[ren2 yan2 li4 bo2] |
/Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all./ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
人言嘖嘖 |
人言啧啧 |
[ren2 yan2 ze2 ze2] |
/everyone comments disapprovingly (idiom)/ |
2348
|
1 |
|
|
|
人造語言 |
人造语言 |
[ren2 zao4 yu3 yan2] |
/artificial language/constructed language/conlang/ |
1572
|
1 |
|
|
|
人之將死，其言也善 |
人之将死，其言也善 |
[ren2 zhi1 jiang1 si3 , qi2 yan2 ye3 shan4] |
/words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)/ |
4092
|
1 |
|
|
|
冗言 |
冗言 |
[rong3 yan2] |
/pleonasm (linguistics)/ |
6178
|
1 |
|
|
|
三不朽 |
三不朽 |
[san1 bu4 xiu3] |
/the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4])/ |
1995
|
1 |
|
|
|
三從四德 |
三从四德 |
[san1 cong2 si4 de2] |
/Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功/ |
2167
|
1 |
|
|
|
三言兩句 |
三言两句 |
[san1 yan2 liang3 ju4] |
/in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
三言兩語 |
三言两语 |
[san1 yan2 liang3 yu3] |
/in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
善言 |
善言 |
[shan4 yan2] |
/good words/ |
6900
|
1 |
|
|
|
善言辭 |
善言辞 |
[shan4 yan2 ci2] |
/articulate/eloquent/ |
5355
|
1 |
|
|
|
善意的謊言 |
善意的谎言 |
[shan4 yi4 de5 huang3 yan2] |
/white lie/ |
6699
|
1 |
|
|
|
社會語言學 |
社会语言学 |
[she4 hui4 yu3 yan2 xue2] |
/sociolinguistics/ |
6073
|
1 |
|
|
|
身教勝於言教 |
身教胜于言教 |
[shen1 jiao4 sheng4 yu2 yan2 jiao4] |
/teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom)/action speaks louder than words/ |
4939
|
1 |
|
|
|
申言 |
申言 |
[shen1 yan2] |
/to profess/to declare/ |
6639
|
1 |
|
|
|
慎言 |
慎言 |
[shen4 yan2] |
/to speak cautiously/to guard one's tongue/ |
6426
|
1 |
|
|
|
聲調語言 |
声调语言 |
[sheng1 diao4 yu3 yan2] |
/tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)/ |
6978
|
1 |
|
|
|
聲言 |
声言 |
[[sheng1yan2]] |
/to state; to declare/pronouncement; declaration/ |
841
|
2 |
|
|
|
失言 |
失言 |
[shi1 yan2] |
/slip of the tongue/indiscretion/to blurt out a secret/ |
6753
|
1 |
|
|
|
食言而肥 |
食言而肥 |
[shi2 yan2 er2 fei2] |
/lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)/fig. not to live up to one's promises/ |
5382
|
1 |
|
|
|
食言 |
食言 |
[[shi2yan2]] |
/to break one's promise/ |
857
|
2 |
|
|
|
視覺方言 |
视觉方言 |
[shi4 jue2 fang1 yan2] |
/(linguistics) eye dialect/ |
2389
|
1 |
|
|
|
誓言 |
誓言 |
[shi4 yan2] |
/to pledge/to promise/oath/vow/ |
2679
|
1 |
|
|
|
世界人權宣言 |
世界人权宣言 |
[[Shi4jie4 Ren2quan2 Xuan1yan2]] |
/Universal Declaration of Human Rights/ |
512
|
2 |
|
|
|
書不盡言 |
书不尽言 |
[shu1 bu4 jin4 yan2] |
/I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)/ |
6075
|
1 |
|
|
|
書寫語言 |
书写语言 |
[shu1 xie3 yu3 yan2] |
/written language/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
四德 |
四德 |
[si4 de2] |
/four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends/the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功/ |
2167
|
1 |
|
|
|
所言不虛 |
所言不虚 |
[suo3 yan2 bu4 xu1] |
/see 所言非虛|所言非虚[suo3 yan2 fei1 xu1]/ |
1402
|
1 |
|
|
|
所言非虛 |
所言非虚 |
[suo3 yan2 fei1 xu1] |
/(after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true/ |
1402
|
1 |
|
|
|
坦言 |
坦言 |
[tan3 yan2] |
/to say candidly/to acknowledge frankly/ |
3452
|
1 |
|
|
|
甜言 |
甜言 |
[tian2 yan2] |
/sweet words/fine talk/ |
6584
|
1 |
|
|
|
甜言蜜語 |
甜言蜜语 |
[tian2 yan2 mi4 yu3] |
/(idiom) sweet words/sweet talk/cajolery/ |
2931
|
1 |
|
|
|
甜言美語 |
甜言美语 |
[[tian2yan2-mei3yu3]] |
/see 甜言蜜語|甜言蜜语[tian2yan2-mi4yu3]/ |
284
|
2 |
|
|
|
聽其言而觀其行 |
听其言而观其行 |
[ting1 qi2 yan2 er2 guan1 qi2 xing2] |
/hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions/ |
6354
|
1 |
|
|
|
聽其言觀其行 |
听其言观其行 |
[ting1 qi2 yan2 guan1 qi2 xing2] |
/hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions/ |
6346
|
1 |
|
|
|
童言無忌 |
童言无忌 |
[tong2 yan2 wu2 ji4] |
/children's words carry no harm (idiom)/ |
5555
|
1 |
|
|
|
婉言 |
婉言 |
[wan3 yan2] |
/tactful/diplomatic/mild and indirect/ |
6493
|
1 |
|
|
|
網絡用語 |
网络用语 |
[[wang3luo4 yong4yu3]] |
/see 網絡語言|网络语言[wang3luo4 yu3yan2]/ |
644
|
2 |
|
|
|
網絡語言 |
网络语言 |
[[wang3luo4 yu3yan2]] |
/Internet slang; netspeak; cyberspeak/ |
644
|
2 |
|
|
|
妄言 |
妄言 |
[wang4 yan2] |
/lies/wild talk/to tell lies/to talk nonsense/fantasy (literature)/ |
6164
|
1 |
|
|
|
妄言妄聽 |
妄言妄听 |
[wang4 yan2 wang4 ting1] |
/unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not to be taken too seriously/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
微言大義 |
微言大义 |
[wei1 yan2 da4 yi4] |
/subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)/ |
2247
|
1 |
|
|
|
危言聳聽 |
危言耸听 |
[wei1 yan2 song3 ting1] |
/frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk/reds under the beds/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
危言危行 |
危言危行 |
[wei1 yan2 wei1 xing2] |
/upright and plainspoken (idiom)/ |
4168
|
1 |
|
|
|
違心之言 |
违心之言 |
[wei2 xin1 zhi1 yan2] |
/false assertion/speech against one's own convictions/ |
6617
|
1 |
|
|
|
違言 |
违言 |
[wei2 yan2] |
/unreasonable words/wounding complaints/ |
6617
|
1 |
|
|
|
文言 |
文言 |
[wen2 yan2] |
/Classical Chinese/ |
2970
|
1 |
|
|
|
聞言 |
闻言 |
[wen2 yan2] |
/to have heard what was said/ |
6117
|
1 |
|
|
|
文言文 |
文言文 |
[wen2 yan2 wen2] |
/Classical Chinese writing/ |
2970
|
1 |
|
|
|
污言穢語 |
污言秽语 |
[[wu1yan2-hui4yu3]] |
/(idiom) filthy speech; obscenities/ |
925
|
2 |
|
|
|
無言 |
无言 |
[wu2 yan2] |
/to remain silent/to have nothing to say/ |
6132
|
1 |
|
|
|
無言可對 |
无言可对 |
[wu2 yan2 ke3 dui4] |
/unable to reply (idiom); left speechless/at a loss for words/ |
6054
|
1 |
|
|
|
無言以對 |
无言以对 |
[wu2 yan2 yi3 dui4] |
/to be left speechless/unable to respond/ |
5431
|
1 |
|
|
|
五言絕句 |
五言绝句 |
[wu3 yan2 jue2 ju4] |
/poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line/ |
6657
|
1 |
|
|
|
勿謂言之不預 |
勿谓言之不预 |
[wu4 wei4 yan2 zhi1 bu4 yu4] |
/(idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)/ |
2626
|
1 |
|
|
|
戲言 |
戏言 |
[xi4 yan2] |
/joking matter/to go back on one's words/ |
6062
|
1 |
|
|
|
夏敬渠 |
夏敬渠 |
[Xia4 Jing4 qu2] |
/Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder/ |
4695
|
1 |
|
|
|
閑言碎語 |
闲言碎语 |
[xian2 yan2 sui4 yu3] |
/idle gossip/irrelevant nonsense/slanderous rumor/ |
6822
|
1 |
|
|
|
閒言閒語 |
闲言闲语 |
[xian2 yan2 xian2 yu3] |
/idle gossip/ |
5384
|
1 |
|
|
|
相對而言 |
相对而言 |
[xiang1 dui4 er2 yan2] |
/relatively speaking/comparatively speaking/ |
1944
|
1 |
|
|
|
新聞發言人 |
新闻发言人 |
[xin1 wen2 fa1 yan2 ren2] |
/spokesman/ |
7035
|
1 |
|
|
|
行不顧言 |
行不顾言 |
[xing2 bu4 gu4 yan2] |
/to say one thing and do another (idiom)/ |
6072
|
1 |
|
|
|
形象代言人 |
形象代言人 |
[xing2 xiang4 dai4 yan2 ren2] |
/(brand or organization) ambassador/face (of a brand or company)/ |
1937
|
1 |
|
|
|
醒世恆言 |
醒世恒言 |
[Xing3 shi4 Heng2 yan2] |
/Stories to Awaken the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2] published in 1627/ |
4008
|
1 |
|
|
|
虛擬現實置標語言 |
虚拟现实置标语言 |
[xu1 ni3 xian4 shi2 zhi4 biao1 yu3 yan2] |
/virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)/ |
6117
|
1 |
|
|
|
虛言 |
虚言 |
[xu1 yan2] |
/empty words/false words/ |
6782
|
1 |
|
|
|
緒言 |
绪言 |
[xu4 yan2] |
/see 緒論|绪论[xu4 lun4]/ |
3128
|
1 |
|
|
|
敘言 |
叙言 |
[xu4 yan2] |
/variant of 序言[xu4 yan2]/ |
4826
|
1 |
|
|
|
序言 |
序言 |
[[xu4yan2]] |
/preface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude/ |
849
|
2 |
|
|
|
宣誓證言 |
宣誓证言 |
[xuan1 shi4 zheng4 yan2] |
/sworn testimony/ |
6583
|
1 |
|
|
|
宣言 |
宣言 |
[xuan1 yan2] |
/declaration/manifesto/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
啞口無言 |
哑口无言 |
[ya3 kou3 wu2 yan2] |
/dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom)/left speechless; at a loss for words/ |
1323
|
1 |
|
|
|
雅言 |
雅言 |
[ya3 yan2] |
/valued advice/ |
6068
|
1 |
|
|
|
訁 |
讠 |
[yan2] |
/"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)/see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]/ |
4746
|
1 |
|
|
|
言 |
言 |
[yan2] |
/words/speech/to say/to talk/ |
6103
|
1 |
|
|
|
言必信，行必果 |
言必信，行必果 |
[yan2 bi4 xin4 , xing2 bi4 guo3] |
/one must be a man of his word and resolute in his work (proverb)/ |
5140
|
1 |
|
|
|
言不及義 |
言不及义 |
[yan2 bu4 ji2 yi4] |
/to talk nonsense (idiom)/frivolous talk/ |
4948
|
1 |
|
|
|
言不盡意 |
言不尽意 |
[yan2 bu4 jin4 yi4] |
/(conventional letter ending) words cannot fully express what is in my heart (idiom)/ |
5058
|
1 |
|
|
|
言不可傳 |
言不可传 |
[yan2 bu4 ke3 chuan2] |
/impossible to put into words/inexpressible/ |
4411
|
1 |
|
|
|
言不由衷 |
言不由衷 |
[yan2 bu4 you2 zhong1] |
/to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek/saying one thing but meaning sth different/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
言傳 |
言传 |
[yan2 chuan2] |
/to convey in words/ |
5321
|
1 |
|
|
|
言傳身教 |
言传身教 |
[yan2 chuan2 shen1 jiao4] |
/to teach by words and example (idiom)/ |
5790
|
1 |
|
|
|
言辭 |
言辞 |
[yan2 ci2] |
/words/expression/what one says/ |
4812
|
1 |
|
|
|
言詞 |
言词 |
[yan2 ci2] |
/variant of 言辭|言辞[yan2 ci2]/ |
4812
|
1 |
|
|
|
言多必失 |
言多必失 |
[yan2 duo1 bi4 shi1] |
/if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)/ |
3123
|
1 |
|
|
|
言多語失 |
言多语失 |
[yan2 duo1 yu3 shi1] |
/see 言多必失[yan2 duo1 bi4 shi1]/ |
3123
|
1 |
|
|
|
言而有信 |
言而有信 |
[yan2 er2 you3 xin4] |
/to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
言官 |
言官 |
[yan2 guan1] |
/imperial censor/ |
5874
|
1 |
|
|
|
言歸於好 |
言归于好 |
[yan2 gui1 yu2 hao3] |
/to become reconciled/to bury the hatchet/ |
5413
|
1 |
|
|
|
言歸正傳 |
言归正传 |
[yan2 gui1 zheng4 zhuan4] |
/to return to the topic (idiom)/to get back to the main point/ |
4718
|
1 |
|
|
|
言簡意賅 |
言简意赅 |
[yan2 jian3 yi4 gai1] |
/concise and comprehensive (idiom)/ |
6177
|
1 |
|
|
|
言教 |
言教 |
[yan2 jiao4] |
/to give verbal instruction/ |
3827
|
1 |
|
|
|
言教不如身教 |
言教不如身教 |
[yan2 jiao4 bu4 ru2 shen1 jiao4] |
/Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words./ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
言近旨遠 |
言近旨远 |
[yan2 jin4 zhi3 yuan3] |
/simple words with a profound meaning (idiom)/ |
6101
|
1 |
|
|
|
言論 |
言论 |
[yan2 lun4] |
/expression of opinion/views/remarks/arguments/ |
5222
|
1 |
|
|
|
言論機關 |
言论机关 |
[yan2 lun4 ji1 guan1] |
/the press/the media/ |
6061
|
1 |
|
|
|
言論界 |
言论界 |
[yan2 lun4 jie4] |
/the press/the media/ |
6061
|
1 |
|
|
|
言論自由 |
言论自由 |
[yan2 lun4 zi4 you2] |
/freedom of speech/ |
6557
|
1 |
|
|
|
言明 |
言明 |
[yan2 ming2] |
/to state clearly/ |
4979
|
1 |
|
|
|
言情小說 |
言情小说 |
[yan2 qing2 xiao3 shuo1] |
/romance novel/romantic fiction/ |
1889
|
1 |
|
|
|
言說 |
言说 |
[yan2 shuo1] |
/to speak of/to refer to/ |
2951
|
1 |
|
|
|
言談 |
言谈 |
[yan2 tan2] |
/discourse/words/utterance/what one says/manner of speech/ |
6672
|
1 |
|
|
|
言談林藪 |
言谈林薮 |
[yan2 tan2 lin2 sou3] |
/articulate in speech (idiom)/eloquent/ |
4921
|
1 |
|
|
|
言聽計從 |
言听计从 |
[yan2 ting1 ji4 cong2] |
/to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice/to take sb at his word/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
言為心聲 |
言为心声 |
[yan2 wei2 xin1 sheng1] |
/one's words reflect one's thinking (idiom)/ |
3848
|
1 |
|
|
|
言下之意 |
言下之意 |
[yan2 xia4 zhi1 yi4] |
/implication/ |
6277
|
1 |
|
|
|
言行 |
言行 |
[yan2 xing2] |
/words and actions/what one says and what one does/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
言行不符 |
言行不符 |
[yan2 xing2 bu4 fu2] |
/(idiom) to say one thing and do another/ |
2840
|
1 |
|
|
|
言行不一 |
言行不一 |
[yan2 xing2 bu4 yi1] |
/(idiom) to say one thing and do another/ |
2840
|
1 |
|
|
|
言行若一 |
言行若一 |
[yan2 xing2 ruo4 yi1] |
/(idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says/ |
2840
|
1 |
|
|
|
言行一致 |
言行一致 |
[yan2 xing2 yi1 zhi4] |
/(idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says/ |
2840
|
1 |
|
|
|
言猶在耳 |
言犹在耳 |
[yan2 you2 zai4 er3] |
/words still ringing in one's ears (idiom)/ |
5350
|
1 |
|
|
|
言語 |
言语 |
[yan2 yu3] |
/words/speech/(spoken) language/ |
5399
|
1 |
|
|
|
言語缺陷 |
言语缺陷 |
[yan2 yu3 que1 xian4] |
/speech defect/ |
6755
|
1 |
|
|
|
言喻 |
言喻 |
[yan2 yu4] |
/to describe; to put into words/ |
1290
|
1 |
|
|
|
言語 |
言语 |
[yan2 yu5] |
/to speak/to tell/ |
5399
|
1 |
|
|
|
言者無意，聽者有心 |
言者无意，听者有心 |
[yan2 zhe3 wu2 yi4 , ting1 zhe3 you3 xin1] |
/to take a casual remark to heart (idiom)/ |
5602
|
1 |
|
|
|
言者無罪，聞者足戒 |
言者无罪，闻者足戒 |
[yan2 zhe3 wu2 zui4 , wen2 zhe3 zu2 jie4] |
/don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
言之無物 |
言之无物 |
[yan2 zhi1 wu2 wu4] |
/(of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom)/to carry no weight/ |
4594
|
1 |
|
|
|
言之有物 |
言之有物 |
[yan2 zhi1 you3 wu4] |
/(of one's words) to have substance/ |
4479
|
1 |
|
|
|
言重 |
言重 |
[yan2 zhong4] |
/to speak seriously/to exaggerate/ |
2963
|
1 |
|
|
|
言中 |
言中 |
[yan2 zhong4] |
/to have one's words prove to be prophetic/ |
3732
|
1 |
|
|
|
言字旁 |
言字旁 |
[yan2 zi4 pang2] |
/name of "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)/see also 訁|讠[yan2]/ |
4746
|
1 |
|
|
|
言而無信 |
言而无信 |
[[yan2er2wu2xin4]] |
/(idiom) untrustworthy; not true to one's word/ |
50
|
2 |
|
|
|
言過其實 |
言过其实 |
[[yan2guo4qi2shi2]] |
/(idiom) to exaggerate; to overstate the facts/ |
480
|
2 |
|
|
|
言情 |
言情 |
[[yan2qing2]] |
/(of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair; romantic; sentimental/ |
849
|
2 |
|
|
|
言外之意 |
言外之意 |
[[yan2wai4 zhi1 yi4]] |
/(idiom) unspoken implication; the actual meaning of what was said/ |
631
|
2 |
|
|
|
言之鑿鑿 |
言之凿凿 |
[[yan2zhi1zao2zao2]] |
/(idiom) to speak with conviction/ |
778
|
2 |
|
|
|
揚雄 |
扬雄 |
[Yang2 Xiong2] |
/Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言[Fang1 yan2]/ |
4874
|
1 |
|
|
|
揚言 |
扬言 |
[yang2 yan2] |
/to put about (a story, plan, threat etc)/to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story)/to threaten/ |
6485
|
1 |
|
|
|
佯言 |
佯言 |
[yang2 yan2] |
/to claim falsely (literary)/ |
5532
|
1 |
|
|
|
妖言 |
妖言 |
[yao1 yan2] |
/heresy/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
妖言惑眾 |
妖言惑众 |
[yao1 yan2 huo4 zhong4] |
/to mislead the public with rumors (idiom)/to delude the people with lies/ |
4806
|
1 |
|
|
|
謠言 |
谣言 |
[yao2 yan2] |
/rumor/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
謠言惑衆 |
谣言惑众 |
[yao2 yan2 huo4 zhong4] |
/to mislead the public with rumors; to delude the people with lies/ |
1197
|
1 |
|
|
|
要言不煩 |
要言不烦 |
[yao4 yan2 bu4 fan2] |
/to explain in simple terms/succinct/concise/ |
6732
|
1 |
|
|
|
野叟曝言 |
野叟曝言 |
[Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2] |
/Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠[Xia4 Jing4 qu2]/ |
4695
|
1 |
|
|
|
一般而言 |
一般而言 |
[yi1 ban1 er2 yan2] |
/generally speaking/ |
6900
|
1 |
|
|
|
一派胡言 |
一派胡言 |
[yi1 pai4 hu2 yan2] |
/a bunch of nonsense/ |
4814
|
1 |
|
|
|
一派謊言 |
一派谎言 |
[yi1 pai4 huang3 yan2] |
/a pack of lies/ |
6715
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言 |
一言 |
[yi1 yan2] |
/one sentence/brief remark/ |
6162
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言不發 |
一言不发 |
[yi1 yan2 bu4 fa1] |
/to not say a word (idiom)/ |
6084
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言抄百總 |
一言抄百总 |
[yi1 yan2 chao1 bai3 zong3] |
/to cut a long story short/ |
6086
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言既出，駟馬難追 |
一言既出，驷马难追 |
[yi1 yan2 ji4 chu1 , si4 ma3 nan2 zhui1] |
/lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言九鼎 |
一言九鼎 |
[yi1 yan2 jiu3 ding3] |
/one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言難盡 |
一言难尽 |
[yi1 yan2 nan2 jin4] |
/hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言千金 |
一言千金 |
[yi1 yan2 qian1 jin1] |
/one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice/words of enormous weight/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言堂 |
一言堂 |
[yi1 yan2 tang2] |
/(sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old)/having things decided by the will of a single individual/autocratic rule/(contrasted with 群言堂[qun2 yan2 tang2])/ |
1965
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言為定 |
一言为定 |
[yi1 yan2 wei2 ding4] |
/(idiom) it's a deal/that's settled then/ |
2356
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言為重 |
一言为重 |
[yi1 yan2 wei2 zhong4] |
/each word carries weight/a promise must be kept (idiom)/ |
6161
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言一動 |
一言一动 |
[yi1 yan2 yi1 dong4] |
/(one's) every word and deed (idiom)/ |
4565
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言一行 |
一言一行 |
[yi1 yan2 yi1 xing2] |
/every word and action (idiom)/ |
4626
|
1 |
|
|
|
一言以蔽之 |
一言以蔽之 |
[yi1 yan2 yi3 bi4 zhi1] |
/one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short/in a nutshell/ |
6313
|
1 |
|
|
|
伊索寓言 |
伊索寓言 |
[[Yi1suo3 Yu4yan2]] |
/Aesop's Fables, a collection of fables attributed to Aesop/ |
69
|
2 |
|
|
|
一言不合 |
一言不合 |
[[yi1yan2-bu4he2]] |
/(idiom) to have a disagreement (typically leading to a quarrel or fight)/ |
19
|
2 |
|
|
|
遺言 |
遗言 |
[yi2 yan2] |
/words of the deceased/last words of the dying/wisdom of past sages/ |
6345
|
1 |
|
|
|
以人廢言 |
以人废言 |
[yi3 ren2 fei4 yan2] |
/to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case/ |
6330
|
1 |
|
|
|
以言代法 |
以言代法 |
[yi3 yan2 dai4 fa3] |
/to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
以言代法，以權壓法 |
以言代法，以权压法 |
[yi3 yan2 dai4 fa3 , yi3 quan2 ya1 fa3] |
/to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior/Might makes right./ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
異言 |
异言 |
[yi4 yan2] |
/dissenting words/ |
6838
|
1 |
|
|
|
易言之 |
易言之 |
[yi4 yan2 zhi1] |
/in other words/ |
6320
|
1 |
|
|
|
溢於言表 |
溢于言表 |
[yi4 yu2 yan2 biao3] |
/to exhibit one's feelings in one's speech/ |
5557
|
1 |
|
|
|
隱秘難言 |
隐秘难言 |
[yin3 mi4 nan2 yan2] |
/too embarrassing to mention/ |
5402
|
1 |
|
|
|
隱忍不言 |
隐忍不言 |
[yin3 ren3 bu4 yan2] |
/to keep one's emotions inside oneself/to restrain one's emotions/ |
5181
|
1 |
|
|
|
引言 |
引言 |
[yin3 yan2] |
/foreword/introduction/ |
6920
|
1 |
|
|
|
印歐語言 |
印欧语言 |
[Yin4 Ou1 yu3 yan2] |
/Indo-European (language)/ |
4492
|
1 |
|
|
|
猶言 |
犹言 |
[you2 yan2] |
/can be compared to/is the same as/ |
6020
|
1 |
|
|
|
語言 |
语言 |
[yu3 yan2] |
/language/CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]/ |
6044
|
1 |
|
|
|
語言匱乏 |
语言匮乏 |
[yu3 yan2 kui4 fa2] |
/language deficit (linguistics)/ |
6196
|
1 |
|
|
|
語言能力 |
语言能力 |
[yu3 yan2 neng2 li4] |
/verbal ability/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
語言實驗室 |
语言实验室 |
[yu3 yan2 shi2 yan4 shi4] |
/language laboratory/ |
6554
|
1 |
|
|
|
語言學 |
语言学 |
[yu3 yan2 xue2] |
/linguistics/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
語言學家 |
语言学家 |
[yu3 yan2 xue2 jia1] |
/linguist/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
語言訓練 |
语言训练 |
[yu3 yan2 xun4 lian4] |
/language training/ |
6554
|
1 |
|
|
|
語言障礙 |
语言障碍 |
[yu3 yan2 zhang4 ai4] |
/language barrier/speech impediment/ |
6268
|
1 |
|
|
|
喻世明言 |
喻世明言 |
[Yu4 shi4 Ming2 yan2] |
/another name for 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2]/ |
4850
|
1 |
|
|
|
預言 |
预言 |
[yu4 yan2] |
/to predict/prophecy/ |
6663
|
1 |
|
|
|
預言家 |
预言家 |
[yu4 yan2 jia1] |
/prophet/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
欲言又止 |
欲言又止 |
[yu4 yan2 you4 zhi3] |
/to want to say sth but then hesitate/ |
3733
|
1 |
|
|
|
寓言 |
寓言 |
[[yu4yan2]] |
/fable; allegory; parable/CL:則|则[ze2]/ |
606
|
2 |
|
|
|
元語言 |
元语言 |
[yuan2 yu3 yan2] |
/metalanguage/ |
4740
|
1 |
|
|
|
元語言能力 |
元语言能力 |
[yuan2 yu3 yan2 neng2 li4] |
/metalinguistic ability/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
怨言 |
怨言 |
[yuan4 yan2] |
/complaint/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
約言 |
约言 |
[yue1 yan2] |
/promise/one's word/pledge/abbreviation/ |
6799
|
1 |
|
|
|
譖言 |
谮言 |
[zen4 yan2] |
/to slander/ |
5681
|
1 |
|
|
|
仗義執言 |
仗义执言 |
[zhang4 yi4 zhi2 yan2] |
/to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
箴言 |
箴言 |
[zhen1 yan2] |
/admonition/exhortation/dictum/the biblical Book of Proverbs/ |
5332
|
1 |
|
|
|
真言 |
真言 |
[zhen1 yan2] |
/true statement/incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)/ |
6663
|
1 |
|
|
|
真言宗 |
真言宗 |
[Zhen1 yan2 zong1] |
/Shingon Buddhism/ |
5404
|
1 |
|
|
|
證言 |
证言 |
[zheng4 yan2] |
/testimony/ |
6583
|
1 |
|
|
|
諍言 |
诤言 |
[zheng4 yan2] |
/to reprove/forthright admonition/ |
6897
|
1 |
|
|
|
正言厲色 |
正言厉色 |
[zheng4 yan2 li4 se4] |
/solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling/also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色/ |
6121
|
1 |
|
|
|
肢體語言 |
肢体语言 |
[[zhi1ti3 yu3yan2]] |
/body language/ |
183
|
2 |
|
|
|
知無不言，言無不盡 |
知无不言，言无不尽 |
[[zhi1wu2bu4yan2, yan2wu2bu4jin4]] |
/(lit.) not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom)/(fig.) frank; outspoken/ |
51
|
2 |
|
|
|
只言片語 |
只言片语 |
[[zhi1yan2-pian4yu3]] |
/(idiom) just a word or two; a few isolated phrases/ |
466
|
2 |
|
|
|
直言 |
直言 |
[zhi2 yan2] |
/to speak forthrightly/to talk bluntly/ |
4055
|
1 |
|
|
|
直言不諱 |
直言不讳 |
[zhi2 yan2 bu4 hui4] |
/to speak bluntly (idiom)/not to mince words/ |
4035
|
1 |
|
|
|
直言命題 |
直言命题 |
[zhi2 yan2 ming4 ti2] |
/categorical proposition (logic)/ |
6794
|
1 |
|
|
|
直言無諱 |
直言无讳 |
[[zhi2yan2-wu2hui4]] |
/see 直言不諱|直言不讳[zhi2yan2-bu4hui4]/ |
80
|
2 |
|
|
|
直言無隱 |
直言无隐 |
[[zhi2yan2-wu2yin3]] |
/see 直言不諱|直言不讳[zhi2yan2-bu4hui4]/ |
80
|
2 |
|
|
|
只可意會，不可言傳 |
只可意会，不可言传 |
[zhi3 ke3 yi4 hui4 , bu4 ke3 yan2 chuan2] |
/can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); mysterious and subtle/ |
1955
|
1 |
|
|
|
至理名言 |
至理名言 |
[zhi4 li3 ming2 yan2] |
/wise saying; words of wisdom/ |
1265
|
1 |
|
|
|
忠言逆耳 |
忠言逆耳 |
[zhong1 yan2 ni4 er3] |
/loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)/ |
6334
|
1 |
|
|
|
忠言 |
忠言 |
[[zhong1yan2]] |
/sincere advice; heartfelt exhortation/ |
882
|
2 |
|
|
|
贅言 |
赘言 |
[zhui4 yan2] |
/superfluous words/unnecessary detail/ |
6638
|
1 |
|
|
|
拙於言詞 |
拙于言词 |
[zhuo1 yu2 yan2 ci2] |
/to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)/ |
6072
|
1 |
|
|
|
自不待言 |
自不待言 |
[zi4 bu4 dai4 yan2] |
/needless to say/it goes without saying/ |
3808
|
1 |
|
|
|
自然語言 |
自然语言 |
[zi4 ran2 yu3 yan2] |
/natural language/ |
7035
|
1 |
|
|
|
自然語言處理 |
自然语言处理 |
[zi4 ran2 yu3 yan2 chu3 li3] |
/natural language processing, NLP/ |
4048
|
1 |
|
|
|
自言 |
自言 |
[zi4 yan2] |
/to say (sth that relates to oneself)/ |
1503
|
1 |
|
|
|
自言自語 |
自言自语 |
[[zi4yan2-zi4yu3]] |
/(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize/ |
657
|
2 |
|
|
|
總而言之 |
总而言之 |
[zong3 er2 yan2 zhi1] |
/in short/in a word/in brief/ |
7103
|
1 |
|
|
|
縱言 |
纵言 |
[zong4 yan2] |
/to theorize generally/ |
6747
|
1 |
