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language / CL: 門|门, 種|种
HSK 2
to make a speech / statement / utterance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
words / speech / (spoken) language
HSK 5
(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
HSK 6
spokesperson
HSK 6
rumor / hearsay
HSK 6
to leave a message; to leave one's comments / message
HSK 6
lie
HSK 7-9
in other words
HSK 7-9
rumor
HSK 7-9
fable; allegory; parable / CL: 則|则
HSK 7-9
topolect / dialect
HSK 7-9
saying / famous remark
HSK 7-9
words and actions / what one says and what one does
HSK 7-9
expression of opinion / views / remarks / arguments
HSK 7-9
every word and action (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to predict / prophecy
HSK 7-9
complaint
HSK 7-9
declaration / manifesto
HSK 7-9
to not say a word (idiom)
HSK 7-9
words / expression / what one says
HSK 7-9
in short / in a word / in brief
HSK 7-9
relatively speaking / comparatively speaking
HSK 7-9
spokesperson
HSK 7-9
promise
HSK 7-9
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
comparatively speaking
to just talk for the sake of talking
to give verbal instruction
one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short / in a nutshell
(idiom) to speak with conviction
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words / speech / to say / to talk
to reprove / forthright admonition
Classical Chinese
to be a spokesperson / to be an ambassador (for a brand) / to endorse
loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
foreword / introduction
heresy
testimony
(typically preceded by …[jiu4 xx5] or …|…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
to speak / to tell
Manifesto of the Communist Party / "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei" by Marx and Engels (1848)
natural language processing, NLP
to put in a good word (for sb) / (literary) beautiful words; elegant expression
to speak / words
words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages
globally; worldwide
assembly language
to theorize generally
Classical Chinese writing
hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
dissenting words
(conventional letter ending) words cannot fully express what is in my heart (idiom)
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
children's words carry no harm (idiom)
to profess / to declare
language training
habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative
to assert / assertion
simple words with a profound meaning (idiom)
lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content
introduction / preamble
preface; foreword; introduction; preamble / earlier remarks; earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers
idle gossip / irrelevant nonsense / slanderous rumor
admonition / exhortation / dictum / the biblical Book of Proverbs
the press / the media
true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)
to teach by words and example (idiom)
to pledge / to promise / oath / vow
to speak cautiously / to guard one's tongue
speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
in a nutshell / to put it briefly
babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings / double Dutch
to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten
to speak of / to refer to
discourse / words / utterance / what one says / manner of speech
to describe; to put into words
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip / lies and slanders
to suffer unspeakable misery / indescribably painful / hellish
to speak forthrightly / to talk bluntly
to exaggerate / to boast
lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless; at a loss for words
to speak bluntly (idiom) / not to mince words
(idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery
to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to expound one's theory
words of advice on parting
slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret
in a way that justifies the use of the term / genuine / proper / in a way that conforms to logic / justifiable / appropriate / perfectly legitimate
to be left speechless / unable to respond
to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice / to take sb at his word
(of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair; romantic; sentimental
to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language
to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different
lit. not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / fig. frank; outspoken
words from the bottom of one's heart
(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)

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