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不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán ， chī kuī zài yǎn qián
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(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
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不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán ， chī kuī zài yǎn qián
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(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
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不言不語
bù yán bù yǔ
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to not say a word (idiom);
to keep silent
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世界人权宣言
shì jiè rén quán xuān yán
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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世界人權宣言
shì jiè rén quán xuān yán
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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五言绝句
wǔ yán jué jù
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poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
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五言絕句
wǔ yán jué jù
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poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
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交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
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to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
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交淺言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
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to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
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人之将死，其言也善
rén zhī jiāng sǐ ， qí yán yě shàn
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words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
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人之將死，其言也善
rén zhī jiāng sǐ ， qí yán yě shàn
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words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
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人微言轻
rén wēi yán qīng
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(idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
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人微言輕
rén wēi yán qīng
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(idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
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人言可畏
rén yán kě wèi
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gossip is a fearful thing (idiom)
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人言啧啧
rén yán zé zé
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everyone comments disapprovingly (idiom)
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人言嘖嘖
rén yán zé zé
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everyone comments disapprovingly (idiom)
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人言籍籍
rén yán jí jí
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tongues are wagging (idiom)
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人造语言
rén zào yǔ yán
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artificial language;
constructed language
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人造語言
rén zào yǔ yán
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artificial language;
constructed language
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仁言利博
rén yán lì bó
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Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.
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仗義執言
zhàng yì zhí yán
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to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
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代言
dài yán
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to be a spokesperson;
to be an ambassador (for a brand);
to endorse
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以人废言
yǐ rén fèi yán
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to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
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以人廢言
yǐ rén fèi yán
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to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
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以言代法
yǐ yán dài fǎ
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to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
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