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HSK
language / CL: 門|门, 種|种
HSK 2
rumor / hearsay
HSK 6
to make a speech / statement / utterance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
spokesperson
HSK 6
topolect / dialect
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
HSK 6
saying / famous remark
HSK 7-9
to leave a message; to leave one's comments / message
HSK 6
fable; allegory; parable / CL: 則|则
HSK 7-9
every word and action (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to not say a word (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to exaggerate; to overstate the facts
spokesperson
HSK 7-9
lit. not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / fig. frank; outspoken
inexpressible (idiom)
declaration / manifesto
HSK 7-9
categorical proposition (logic)
words / expression / what one says
HSK 7-9
one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short / in a nutshell
articulate in speech (idiom) / eloquent
expression of opinion / views / remarks / arguments
HSK 7-9
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
words and actions / what one says and what one does
HSK 7-9
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice / words of enormous weight
it goes without saying; it is self-evident
to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice / to take sb at his word
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
(idiom) it's a deal / that's settled then
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
Classical Chinese
to predict / prophecy
HSK 7-9
sincere advice; heartfelt exhortation
maxim
generally speaking
in other words
HSK 7-9
lie
HSK 7-9
lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content
habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative
words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)
intimate conversation
to state clearly
globally; worldwide
sarcastic comments (idiom) / to make sarcastic comments
to turn out just as one predicted or feared
wise saying; words of wisdom
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words / speech / to say / to talk
to mislead the public with rumors; to delude the people with lies
to be a spokesperson / to be an ambassador (for a brand) / to endorse
foreword / introduction
natural language processing, NLP
Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙 published in 1624
Manifesto of the Communist Party / "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei" by Marx and Engels (1848)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
(idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery
in short / in a word / in brief
HSK 7-9
relatively speaking / comparatively speaking
HSK 7-9
good words
true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)
in a nutshell / to put it briefly
not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
kind words
to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to expound one's theory
gossip is a fearful thing (idiom)
tongues are wagging (idiom)
spokesman
rumor
HSK 7-9
to propose / to put forward (an idea) / to initiate
to exhibit one's feelings in one's speech
to speak cautiously / to guard one's tongue
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律)
Indo-European (language)
another name for 古今小說|古今小说, Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙
(brand or organization) ambassador / face (of a brand or company)
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop
a few drinks and a nice conversation (idiom)
children's words carry no harm (idiom)
the press / the media
gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice
needless to say / it goes without saying
self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
(idiom) matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)
complaint
HSK 7-9
to assert / assertion
in simple terms / to put things simply / briefly
to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word
as the saying goes; as they say...
admonition / exhortation / dictum / the biblical Book of Proverbs
a bunch of nonsense
a pack of lies
(idiom) to have a disagreement; to clash verbally
to be bold enough to speak out

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