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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.

倡言chàng yán

to propose / to put forward (an idea) / to initiate

倡言者chàng yán zhě

proposer

元语言yuán yǔ yán

metalanguage

元语言能力yuán yǔ yán néng lì

metalinguistic ability

全球而言quán qiú ér yán

globally / worldwide

六字真言liù zì zhēn yán

the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)

冗言rǒng yán

pleonasm (linguistics)

冰炭不言，冷热自明bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng

ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom) / fig. sincerity is not expressed in words

冷言冷语lěng yán lěng yǔ

sarcastic comments (idiom) / to make sarcastic comments

出言chū yán

to speak / words

勿谓言之不预wù wèi yán zhī bù yù

(idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)

汇编语言huì biān yǔ yán

assembly language

危言危行wēi yán wēi xíng

upright and plainspoken (idiom)

口不择言kǒu bù zé yán

to speak incoherently / to ramble / to talk irresponsibly

口出狂言kǒu chū kuáng yán

to speak conceited nonsense / to come out with arrogant claptrap

口无择言kǒu wú zé yán

to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom) / wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kǒu bù zé yán]

古典语言gǔ diǎn yǔ yán

classical language

只可意会，不可言传zhǐ kě yì huì , bù kě yán chuán

can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ]) / mysterious and subtle

可以意会，不可言传kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán

can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ]) / mysterious and subtle

可扩展标记语言kě kuò zhǎn biāo jì yǔ yán

extensible markup language (XML)

名不正言不顺míng bu zhèng yán bu shùn

(of a title, degree etc) illegitimately conferred

君子一言，驷马难追jūn zǐ yī yán , sì mǎ nán zhuī

a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)

哑口无言yǎ kǒu wú yán

dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless / at a loss for words

善意的谎言shàn yì de huǎng yán

white lie

善言shàn yán

good words

善言辞shàn yán cí

articulate / eloquent

坊间传言fāng jiān chuán yán

rumors / the word on the street

坦言tǎn yán

to say candidly / to acknowledge frankly

多言duō yán

wordy / talkative

多语言duō yǔ yán

multilingual

大恩不言谢dà ēn bù yán xiè

(maxim) a mere "thank you" is an insufficient response to a huge favor / (expression of gratitude) words cannot express my appreciation for what you have done

大言dà yán

to exaggerate / to boast

好言hǎo yán

kind words

好言好语hǎo yán hǎo yǔ

sincere, well-meant, kind words

妄言wàng yán

lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature)

妄言妄听wàng yán wàng tīng

unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom) / sth not to be taken too seriously

妖言yāo yán

heresy