言

言 [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.