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language / CL: 門|门, 種|种
HSK 2
to make a speech / statement / utterance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to leave a message; to leave one's comments / message
HSK 6
rumor / hearsay
HSK 6
rumor
HSK 7-9
saying / famous remark
HSK 7-9
lie
HSK 7-9
complaint
HSK 7-9
topolect / dialect
HSK 7-9
to predict / prophecy
HSK 7-9
fable / CL: 則|则
HSK 7-9
declaration / manifesto
HSK 7-9
relatively speaking / comparatively speaking
HSK 7-9
promise
HSK 7-9
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  *言* | 言* | *言
words / speech / to say / to talk
foreword / introduction
true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)
Classical Chinese
to assert / assertion
(typically preceded by …[jiu4 xx5] or …|…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
to be a spokesperson / to be an ambassador (for a brand) / to endorse
preface / forward / introduction
to speak forthrightly / to talk bluntly
dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless; at a loss for words
rumor / gossip / to spread rumors
to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to expound one's theory
tactful / diplomatic / mild and indirect
lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content
to speak / words
to pledge / to promise / oath / vow
it may be said
preface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude
to state; to declare / pronouncement; declaration
to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten
maxim
advice / to advise
words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages
testimony
admonition / exhortation / dictum / the biblical Book of Proverbs
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
to have heard what was said
to say candidly / to acknowledge frankly
to make a suggestion / to state (one's views, ideas etc) / suggestion / advice / idea
to break one's promise
to exaggerate / to boast
to suffer unspeakable misery / indescribably painful / hellish
lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature)
habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative
slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret
words from the bottom of one's heart
to speak cautiously / to guard one's tongue
joking matter / to go back on one's words
taciturn / reticent
slander / slanderous report / calumny / false charge
to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
superfluous words / unnecessary detail
evil tongue / malicious talk
sincere advice; heartfelt exhortation
to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice
too wonderful for words
common saying
to speak conceited nonsense / to come out with arrogant claptrap
needless to say / it goes without saying
ravings / delirious utterances / kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater)
to speak incoherently / to ramble / to talk irresponsibly
wise saying; words of wisdom
to say clearly / to argue clearly / to pronounce / pronounced
sweet words / fine talk
gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice
to keep silent (idiom)
words of advice on parting
not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
heresy
to say, without careful consideration
one sentence / brief remark
motto / slogan
promise / one's word / pledge / abbreviation
valued advice
to claim falsely (literary)
inexpressible (idiom) / beyond description
to say (sth that relates to oneself)
dissenting words
to propose / to put forward (an idea) / to initiate
slander / calumny / to accuse unjustly
to reprove / forthright admonition
introduction / preamble
introductory remarks
good words
to start to speak
wordy / talkative
empty words / false words
to theorize generally
Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
written language
variant of 序言
to slander
Declaration of Independence
assembly language
can be compared to / is the same as

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