tactful / diplomatic / mild and indirect
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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.
(idiom) matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)
official language
sworn testimony
to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language
taciturn / reticent
introduction / preamble
repeated gaffes
to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
as the saying goes / as they say...
preface / introductory remarks / preamble / prelude
to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
to make a suggestion / to state (one's views, ideas etc) / suggestion / advice / idea
foreword / introduction
(brand or organization) ambassador / face (of a brand or company)
subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
sincere advice / heartfelt exhortation
loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
to insult / to direct bad language at sb / to slag off
to speak cautiously / to guard one's tongue
joking matter / to go back on one's words
see 所言非虛|所言非虚[]
(after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true
to drink together and chat merrily
to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)
in other words
angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom) / obliged to remain silent about one's resentment / unable to voice objections
to be bold enough to speak out
Classical Chinese
Classical Chinese writing
spokesman
to say clearly / to argue clearly / to pronounce / pronounced
in other words
I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
written language
honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
a few drinks and a nice conversation (idiom)
same as 總而言之|总而言之[]
machine language
subdialect
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