to want to say sth but then hesitate
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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.
solemn in word and countenance (idiom) / strict and unsmiling / also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色
see 此言非虛|此言非虚[]
that is true
comparatively speaking
see 沉默寡言[]
to exhibit one's feelings in one's speech
to spout nonsense / to bullshit endlessly
to pour out lies
see 無稽之談|无稽之谈[]
to be left speechless / unable to respond
unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless / at a loss for words
(idiom) parents' orders and matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)
ravings / delirious utterances / kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater)
can be compared to / is the same as
Declaration of Independence
see 甜言蜜語|甜言蜜语[]
sweet words / fine talk
see 甜言蜜語|甜言蜜语[]
to profess / to declare
guestbook
dissenting words
saying everything / to speak out fully
categorical proposition (logic)
see 直言不諱|直言不讳[]
see 直言不諱|直言不讳[]
(lit.) not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / (fig.) frank / outspoken
sociolinguistics
to mute (sb) (on social media or in a videoconference etc)
programming language (Tw)
to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽[]) / to expound one's theory
children's words carry no harm (idiom)
promise / one's word / pledge / abbreviation
Internet slang / netspeak / cyberspeak
see 緒論|绪论[]
see 閉口不言|闭口不言[]
to theorize generally
letting everyone have their say / taking people's views into account / free expression of different views / (contrasted with 一言堂[])
to have heard what was said
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27