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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
saying / famous remark
HSK 7-9
relatively speaking / comparatively speaking
HSK 7-9
to predict / prophecy
HSK 7-9
lie
HSK 7-9
topolect / dialect
HSK 7-9
fable; allegory; parable / CL: 則|则
HSK 7-9
promise
HSK 7-9
complaint
HSK 7-9
declaration / manifesto
HSK 7-9
rumor
HSK 7-9
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words / speech / to say / to talk
words from the bottom of one's heart
maxim
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
programming language (Tw)
preface; foreword; introduction; preamble / earlier remarks; earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers
to pledge / to promise / oath / vow
to remain silent / to have nothing to say
superfluous words / unnecessary detail
to speak / words
it may be said
words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages
dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless; at a loss for words
to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten
preface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude
generally speaking
Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙 published in 1624
angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom); obliged to remain silent about one's resentment / unable to voice objections
to say, without careful consideration
foreword / introduction
(idiom) parents' orders and matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)
kind words
introduction / preamble
to keep silent (idiom)
testimony
to be a spokesperson / to be an ambassador (for a brand) / to endorse
white lie
words of advice on parting
empty words / false words
evil tongue / malicious talk
after wine, spit out the truth / in vino veritas
comparatively speaking
Declaration of Independence
to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
(computing) high-level language
one sentence / brief remark
(computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau)
another name for 古今小說|古今小说, Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙
Stories to Awaken the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙 published in 1627
hypertext markup language / HTML
true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)
lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content
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
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠
I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
taciturn / reticent
Internet slang; netspeak; cyberspeak
to start to speak
rumor / gossip / to spread rumors
motto / slogan
habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative
to make a suggestion / to state (one's views, ideas etc) / suggestion / advice / idea
a bunch of nonsense
to reprove / forthright admonition
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
slander / slanderous report / calumny / false charge
machine language
inexpressible (idiom) / beyond description
common saying
to break one's promise
to say clearly / to argue clearly / to pronounce / pronounced
to assert / assertion
gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice
wise saying; words of wisdom
to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to expound one's theory
(idiom) matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)
to theorize generally
unreasonable words / wounding complaints
speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)
ravings / delirious utterances / kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater)
pleonasm (linguistics)
metalanguage
to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
dissenting words
saying everything / to speak out fully
Classical Chinese
slander / calumny / to accuse unjustly
false assertion / speech against one's own convictions
to exaggerate / to boast
too wonderful for words
to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice
to suffer unspeakable misery / indescribably painful / hellish
programming language; computer language

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