书 不 尽 言

shū bù jìn yándictionary entry

I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

書不盡言 书不尽言 [shu1 bu4 jin4 yan2] /I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 書不盡言

书
shū
book / letter / document / CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù] / to write
Shū
abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]
不
bù
no / not so / (bound form) not / un-
尽
jǐn
to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to
jìn
to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely
言
yán
words / speech / to say / to talk

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.