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语无伦次

yǔ wú lún cìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
incoherent speech / to talk without rhyme or reason (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.

Source record: cd-f15c87fa3832f3b2. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

語無倫次 语无伦次 [yu3 wu2 lun2 ci4] /incoherent speech/to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 語無倫次

  • 语
    yǔ

    dialect / language / speech

    yù

    (literary) to tell / to let (sb) know

  • 无
    mó

    used in 南無|南无[nā mó]

    wú

    not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

  • 伦
    lún

    human relationship / order / coherence

  • 次
    cì

    next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.