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Search result for words containing 言: 269 word(s) found.


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可言kě yánIt may be said
名不正言不顺míng bu zhèng yán bu shùnunjustified and undeserving of such description; identity or status is unverified, or inconsistent in detail; unworthy of the title (or name), or reputation; no valid reason as justification; words without weight; cf 名正言顺
名正言顺míng zhèng yán shùnright and proper; authoritative and fair; (modified from Confucian Analects) with the right title (or reputation), the words carry weight
哑口无言yǎ kǒu wú yándumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words
善意的谎言shàn yì de huǎng yánwhite lie
善言shàn yángood words
国防语言学院guó fáng yǔ yán xué yuànUS Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)
多种语言duō zhǒng yǔ yánmultilingual
多种语言支持duō zhǒng yǔ yán zhī chímultilingual support
多言duō yánwordy; talkative
多语言duō yǔ yánpolyglot; many language
大言dà yánto exaggerate; to boast
大言不惭dà yán bù cánto boast shamelessly; to talk big
失言shī yánslip of the tongue; indiscretion; to blurt out a secret
妄言wàng yánlies; wild talk; to tell lies; to talk nonsense; fantasy (literature)
妄言妄听wàng yán wàng tīngunwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not to be taken too seriously
妖言yāo yánheresy
妙在不言中miào zài bù yán zhōngthe charm lies in what is left unsaid (idiom)
姑妄言之gū wàng yán zhīto just talk for the sake of talking
官方语言guān fāng yǔ yánofficial language
宣誓证言xuān shì zhèng yánsworn testimony
家丑不可外传,
流言切莫轻信
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán ,
liú yán qiē mò qīng xìn
Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression); Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
察言观色chá yán guān sèto observe sb's words and gestures (idiom, from Analects); to examine words and moods for a clue as to sb's thoughts; mind reading
寡言guǎ yántaciturn; reticent
屡出狂言lǚ chū kuáng yánrepeated gaffes
常言说得好cháng yán shuō de hǎoas the saying goes; as they say...
建言jiàn yánto declare; to state; (strong) suggestion
忠言zhōng yánloyal advice; sincere advice
忠言逆耳zhōng yán nì ěrloyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
恶言è yánevil tongue; malicious talk
恶言伤人è yán shāng rénto insult; to direct bad language at sb; to slag off
慎言shèn yánto speak cautiously; to guard one's tongue
戏言xì yánjoking matter; to go back on one's words
拙于言词zhuō yú yán cíto be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)
敢怒而不敢言gǎn nù ér bù gǎn yánangry, but not daring to speak out (idiom); obliged to remain silent about one's resentment; unable to voice objections
文言文wén yán wénclassical Chinese
新闻发言人xīn wén fā yán rénspokesman
明言míng yánto say clearly; to argue clearly; to pronounce; pronounced
易言之yì yán zhīin other words
书不尽言shū bù jìn yánI have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
书写语言shū xiě yǔ yánwritten language
木讷寡言mù nè guǎ yánslow and inarticulate (idiom); person of few words
杯酒言欢bēi jiǔ yán huāna few drinks and a nice conversation (idiom)
机械语言jī xiè yǔ yánmachine language
欧洲语言ōu zhōu yǔ yánEuropean language
正言厉色zhèng yán lì sèsolemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling; also written 正颜厉色
比较而言bǐ jiào ér yáncomparatively speaking
污言秽语wū yán huì yǔfilthy speech; obscenities
沉默寡言chén mò guǎ yánhabitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative
满口胡言mǎn kǒu hú yánto spout nonsense; to bullshit endlessly