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Chinese language
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foreign language / CL: 門|门
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English (language)
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word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression
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colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage / CL: 條|条, ,
HSK 5
Chinese language
HSK 5
words / speech / (spoken) language
HSK 5
Japanese language
HSK 6
(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
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French (language)
HSK 6
Spanish language
HSK 6
Arabic (language)
HSK 7-9
riddle / conundrum / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
written slogan / placard / CL: , 張|张, 條|条
HSK 7-9
common saying / proverb / colloquial speech
HSK 7-9
words / speech / utterance / discourse
HSK 7-9
Russian (language)
HSK 7-9
cheers and laughter
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Manchurian language
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dialect / language / speech
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(literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
bilingual
western language / Spanish (language)
honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
phrase (grammar)
Indonesian language
flowery writing / writing concerning love and sex
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
epistolary formula used at the head of a letter
to give an earnest message of good wishes, encouragement, or advice etc; a message of this sort
target language (for translation)
proverb
Vietnamese language, Tiếng Việt
to speak / to tell
concluding remarks
idle gossip / irrelevant nonsense / slanderous rumor
monogatari / epic narrative (Japanese literary form)
incantation / spell / enchantment / curse
Thai (language)
(grammatical) predicate
preamble / introduction / (journalism) lede / lead paragraph
adverbial adjunct (adverb or adverbial clause)
Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea)
choice of words / wording / phraseology / term
to discuss in whispered tones / whispered conversation
common saying / idiom
slang
German (language)
attributive (modifier)
code word; coded language / to communicate in private
lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language
mutter
talking and laughing / cheerful talk
object (grammar)
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings / double Dutch
subject (in grammar)
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
(idiom) to whisper
rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip / lies and slanders
Tibetan language
Korean language
anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part)
(idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery
witticism
to let slip / loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage); aphasia
to talk to oneself
quotation
code word
evil words / malicious talk
sign language
Cantonese language
Mongolian (language)
criticism / commentary
Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)
Sanskrit (language)
Indonesian language
(idiom) just a word or two; a few isolated phrases
to mumble to oneself
to tell lies; to talk nonsense / lies; nonsense
term / terminology
idiom
sarcastic comments (idiom) / to make sarcastic comments
bold, visionary words
to chatter incessantly
dialect / patois
to chat with a low voice
Portuguese (language)
prophecy; prophetic remark
sincere, well-meant, kind words
note / comment
a lie; a falsehood
flag signals (for communicating between ships or army units); semaphore
Taiwanese Hokkien (aka Taiwanese Minnan, or simply Taiwanese)
to speak softly
thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop

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