speech that grates on the ear (idiom) / bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)
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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.
to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice
false assertion / speech against one's own convictions
unreasonable words / wounding complaints
after wine, spit out the truth / in vino veritas
words spoken under the influence of alcohol (idiom)
gems of wisdom (idiom) / priceless advice
gems of wisdom (idiom) / priceless advice
motto / slogan
cinematic language (the visual grammar and techniques of filmmaking)
to keep silent (idiom)
to start to speak
idle gossip
to keep one's emotions inside oneself / to restrain one's emotions
too embarrassing to mention
(idiom) just a word or two / a few isolated phrases
valued advice
programming language / computer language
object oriented language
(idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
(computing) high-level language
(computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau)
variant of 言辭|言辞[]
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Aesop's Fables, a collection of fables attributed to Aesop
Manifesto of the Communist Party / "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei" by Marx and Engels (1848)
Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
Beijing Language Institute / former name of 北京語言大學|北京语言大学[] Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
Indo-European (language)
another name for 古今小說|古今小说[], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[]
US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)
variant of 序言[]
Shingon Buddhism
Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[] published in 1624
Stories to Awaken the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[] published in 1627
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠[]
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