to not say a word (idiom) / to keep silent
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
Middle Chinese (linguistics)
qualified word
subject (in grammar)
artificial language / constructed language / conlang
phrase (linguistics)
low-level (computer) language
in a whisper / in a low voice (idiom)
low-level (computer) language
Buddhist term
(lexicography) illustrative phrase / sample word or phrase
(grammar) modifier / qualifier / adjunct
subjunctive
chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
to pass on (information)
metalanguage
metalinguistic ability
creole language
verbosity / verbose speech
sarcastic comments (idiom) / to make sarcastic comments
sarcasm / sneering talk
to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
analytic language
foreword / preface
predicate
premodifier (grammar)
to give emphasis / with emphasis
Hindi / a north Indian language
assembly language
primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia)
source language (linguistics)
tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question
irony
oral communication (psychology)
pet phrase / regularly used expression / manner of speaking
classical language
extensible markup language (XML)
assembled phonology
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)
synonym
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27