yán
  • speech;word;character
  • say;talk;speak
言
[yán]
  • 讲,说:~说。~喻。~道。~欢。~情。~必有中(zhòng )(一说就说到点子上)。

  • 说的话:~论。~辞(亦作“言词”)。语~。~语。~简意赅。

  • 汉语的字:五~诗。七~绝句。洋洋万~。

  • 语助词,无义:~归于好。“~告师氏,~告~归”。

  • 姓。

[yán]
[名]
1

(话) speech; word:

  • 发言

    make a speech; take the floor;

  • 失言

    a slip of the tongue;

  • 豪言壮语

    brave [proud] words;

  • 无言以对

    have nothing to say in reply;

  • 一言不发

    not utter a word;

  • 有言在先

    let it be clearly understood beforehand

2

(汉语的一个字) character; word:

  • 五言诗

    a poem with five characters to a line;

  • 全书近20万言。

    It is a book of nearly 200,000 words.

3

(姓氏) a surname:

  • 言友恂

    Yan Youxu

[动]
1

(说) say; talk; speak:

  • 言明

    state explicitly; clearly stipulate;

  • 知无不言,言无不尽

    say all you know and say it without reserve;

  • 自言自语

    talk to oneself;

  • 不幸言中。

    The prophecy has unfortunately come true.

  • 妙在不言中。

    The best part lies in what is left unsaid.

  1. 名不正则言不顺,言不顺则事不成!

    If the name is not right then speech will not be in order , and if speech is not in order then nothing will be accomplished .

  2. 论言技训练与人格养育及其结合

    On the Skill of Speech Training and Personality Development and Their Combination

  3. 她看了他一眼,这已表明一切,无须多言了。

    She gave him a look that made words superfluous .

  4. 口头之言便捷,但缺乏持久性。

    The spoken word is immediate but lacks permanence .

  5. 我在她的电话答录机上留了言。

    I left a message on her answering machine .

  6. 谁愿带头发言开始辩论?

    Who would like to lead off the debate ?

  7. 他有那种难以言表的特质,体现出他是专业而非业余的。

    He has that je ne sais quoi that distinguishes a professional from an amateur .

  8. 一名受害者的父亲以极为宽容的口吻发了言。

    The father of one victim spoke with remarkable magnanimity .

  9. 据他自己所言,他是个雄心勃勃的工作狂。

    He was by his own account an ambitious workaholic .

  10. 我们陷入了难以言表的糟糕处境。

    We were in a disaster situation that defies description .

  11. 我无以言表——太精彩了。

    I 'm lost for words — it 's fantastic

  12. 简言之,这好像就是理查德·查普林所做的一切。

    This , in a nutshell , is what Richard Chaplin appears to have done .

  13. 萨姆纳会冲我们皱眉,做苦脸,竭力表示他无言的反对。

    Sumner would greet us with frowns and grimaces , doing his best to express wordless disapproval

  14. 哈迪夫人赶紧问客人假期过得怎么样,替自己的言不得体打圆场。

    Mrs Hardie hurried to make up for her tactlessness by asking her guest about his holiday

  15. 总统应该抓住这个机会与各政党握手言好,协商尽快恢复民主。

    The President ought to seize this opportunity to make his peace with political parties and negotiate a speedy return to democracy

  16. 他主动离开她这件事向我证明了他所言句句属实。

    The fact that he had left her of his own accord proved to me that everything he 'd said was true .

  17. 几乎每个人都发了言。

    Almost everybody spoke .

  18. 好言常常不入耳。

    The kind advices are often unpleasant to the ear .

  19. 好言劝慰使人宽心。

    The kind advice rests easily on one 's conscience .

  20. 妙在不言中。

    The best part lies in what is left unsaid .

  21. 全书近20万言。

    It is a book of nearly 200,000 words .

  22. 吁!是何言欤!

    My , what kind of talk is this ?

  23. 简言之,他对一切都感到厌倦了。

    In a word , he tires of everything .

  24. 言有尽而意无穷。

    There 's an end to the words , but not to their message .

  25. 且为诸君言之。

    Now I 'll inform you about it .

  26. 恶,是何言也?

    Well , what are you talking about ?

  27. 有三个同志在会上发了言。

    Three comrades spoke at the meeting .

  28. 不幸言中。

    The prophecy has unfortunately come true .

  29. 诚如所言。

    It is exactly as you said .

  30. 审如其言。

    What he says is indeed true .