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自言自语
zì yán zì yǔ
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to talk to oneself;
to think aloud;
to soliloquize
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发言人
fā yán rén
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spokesperson
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言行
yán xíng
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words and actions;
what one says and what one does
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名言
míng yán
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saying;
famous remark
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食言
shí yán
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lit. to eat one's words;
to break a promise;
to go back on one's word;
to renege;
unsworn testimony
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甜言蜜语
tián yán mì yǔ
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(idiom) sweet words;
sweet talk;
cajolery
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发言权
fā yán quán
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the right of speech
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言辞
yán cí
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words;
expression;
what one says
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言归正传
yán guī zhèng zhuàn
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to return to the topic (idiom);
to get back to the main point
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流言蜚语
liú yán fēi yǔ
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rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip;
lies and slanders
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预言家
yù yán jiā
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prophet
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一言不发
yī yán bù fā
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to not say a word (idiom)
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证言
zhèng yán
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testimony
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妙不可言
miào bù kě yán
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too wonderful for words
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怨言
yuàn yán
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complaint
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简而言之
jiǎn ér yán zhī
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in a nutshell;
to put it briefly
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格言
gé yán
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maxim
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畅所欲言
chàng suǒ yù yán
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lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic;
to hold forth to one's heart's content
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一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
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hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
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箴言
zhēn yán
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admonition;
exhortation;
dictum;
the biblical Book of Proverbs
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沉默寡言
chén mò guǎ yán
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habitually silent (idiom);
reticent;
uncommunicative
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断言
duàn yán
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to assert;
assertion
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语言学
yǔ yán xué
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linguistics
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无言
wú yán
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to remain silent;
to have nothing to say
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千言万语
qiān yán wàn yǔ
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thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say;
talking nonstop
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