措辞

sú yǔ shì zài fēi zhèng shì jiǎng huà shí cháng yòng de zì huò cuò cí

俗语是在非正式讲话时常用的字或措辞。

A colloquialism is a word or expression often used in informal speech.

wǒ suǒ yòng de cuò cí shì chún xù shù xìng de

我所用的措辞是纯叙述性的。

The term I used was meant to be purely descriptive.

nà yàng de cuò cí bìng bù shi shí fēn qià dàng

那样的措辞并不是十分恰当。

That wasn't the happiest choice of words.

zhēn zhuó cuò cí

斟酌措辞

measure one's words

cuò cí hán hu

措辞含糊

be ambiguously worded