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| | rumor / hearsay | HSK 6 |
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| | to make a speech / statement / utterance / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | topolect / dialect | HSK 7-9 |
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| | saying / famous remark | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to leave a message; to leave one's comments / message | HSK 6 |
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| | fable; allegory; parable / CL: 則|则 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | declaration / manifesto | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters | |
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| | Classical Chinese | |
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| | to predict / prophecy | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sincere advice; heartfelt exhortation | |
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| | maxim | |
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| | generally speaking | |
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| | lie | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content | |
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| | habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative | |
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| | the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum) | |
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| | intimate conversation | |
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| | globally; worldwide | |
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| | wise saying; words of wisdom | |
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| | words / speech / to say / to talk | |
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| | to be a spokesperson / to be an ambassador (for a brand) / to endorse | |
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| | foreword / introduction | |
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| | Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙 published in 1624 | |
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| | Manifesto of the Communist Party / "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei" by Marx and Engels (1848) | |
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| | Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
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| | relatively speaking / comparatively speaking | HSK 7-9 |
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| | good words | |
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| | true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼) | |
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| | not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say | |
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| | kind words | |
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| | to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to expound one's theory | |
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| | rumor | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to propose / to put forward (an idea) / to initiate | |
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| | to speak cautiously / to guard one's tongue | |
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| | Indo-European (language) | |
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| | gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice | |
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| | needless to say / it goes without saying | |
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| | (idiom) matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage) | |
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| | complaint | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to assert / assertion | |
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| | admonition / exhortation / dictum / the biblical Book of Proverbs | |
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| | a bunch of nonsense | |
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| | a pack of lies | |
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| | to be bold enough to speak out | |
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| | it may be said | |
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| | taciturn / reticent | |
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| | wordy / talkative | |
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| | natural language | |
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| | words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages | |
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| | Stories to Awaken the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙 published in 1627 | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | low-level (computer) language | |
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| | white lie | |
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| | to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle | |
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| | one sentence / brief remark | |
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| | to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case | |
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| | dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless; at a loss for words | |
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| | comparatively speaking | |
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| | rumor / gossip / to spread rumors | |
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| | too wonderful for words | |
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| | official language | |
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| | speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear) | |
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| | to speak / words | |
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| | where do these words stem from? / why do you (he, etc) say such a thing? | |
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| | slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret | |
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| | Internet slang; netspeak; cyberspeak | |
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| | preface; foreword; introduction; preamble / earlier remarks; earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers | |
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| | artificial language / constructed language / conlang | |
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| | classical language | |
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| | advice / to advise | |
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| | slander / slanderous report / calumny / false charge | |
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| | I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom) | |
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| | pleonasm (linguistics) | |
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| | rumors / the word on the street | |
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| | Declaration of Independence | |
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| | promise | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to start to speak | |
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| | to speak forthrightly / to talk bluntly | |
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| | common saying | |
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| | tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese) | |
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| | slander / calumny / to accuse unjustly | |
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| | repeated gaffes | |
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| | preface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude | |
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| | to spout nonsense / to bullshit endlessly | |
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| | gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice | |
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| | to remain silent / to have nothing to say | |
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| | saying everything / to speak out fully | |
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| | to say one thing and do another (idiom) | |
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| | to speak conceited nonsense / to come out with arrogant claptrap | |
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| | to exaggerate / to boast | |
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| | lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature) | |
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| | introductory remarks | |
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| | to claim falsely (literary) | |
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| | to slander | |
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| | (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…| 对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ... | |
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| | testimony | |
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