Initial:yVideo guide
Final(T3):ánVideo guide
Radical:
Structure:Single-component character
Strokes:
7
Traditional:
言
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.speech; word
发言
make a speech
她一言不发,以保持尊严。
She maintained a dignified silence.
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.
synonym
- 2
v.say; talk; speak; describe
我们陷入了难以言表的糟糕处境。
We were in a disaster situation that defies description.
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.
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.
- 3
n.(in the Chinese language) character
五言诗
a poem with five characters to a line
Words and phrases with 言
- 言听计用[word]take somebody at his words
- 言情诗[word]amorous poem
- 言语行为[word]speech act
- 言之过早[word]make a premature reference/statement/utterance
- 言贵简洁[word]Brevity is the soul of wit.
- 言情小说[word]romantic fiction
- 言情[word]romantic; express love
- 言语[word]speech; speak
- 言传[word]express in words
- 言论自由[idiom]freedom of speech
- 言外之意[idiom]implication
- 言传身教[idiom]teach by personal example as well as verbal instruction
- 言简意赅[idiom]concise and comprehensive
- 言行一致[idiom]mate one's words with deeds
- 言不由衷[idiom]speak insincerely
- 言归正传[idiom]and now to be serious
- 言谈举止[idiom]speech and deportment
- 言听计从[idiom]accept somebody's advice without questioning