言

fā yán

发言

make a speech

tā yī yán bù fā yǐ bǎo chí zūn yán

她一言不发，以保持尊严。

She maintained a dignified silence.

zuì zhèng jù zài tā zhāng kǒu jié shé wú yán yǐ duì

罪证俱在，他张口结舌，无言以对。

Brought before the evidence of his crimes, he was awe-struck and could say nothing in his defence.

wǒ men xiàn rù le nán yǐ yán biǎo de zāo gāo chǔ jìng

我们陷入了难以言表的糟糕处境。

We were in a disaster situation that defies description.

jù tā zì jǐ suǒ yán tā shì gè xióng xīn bó bó de gōng zuò kuáng

据他自己所言，他是个雄心勃勃的工作狂。

He was by his own account an ambitious workaholic.

zǒng tǒng yīng gāi zhuā zhù zhè ge jī huì yù gè zhèng dǎng wò shǒu yán hǎo xié shāng jǐn kuài huī fù mín zhǔ

总统应该抓住这个机会与各政党握手言好，协商尽快恢复民主。

The President ought to seize this opportunity to make his peace with political parties and negotiate a speedy return to democracy.

wǔ yán shī

五言诗

a poem with five characters to a line