words, speech, expression, phrase

DEFINITIONS

  • words, speech, expression, phrase
  • old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]
  • to resign
  • to dismiss
  • to decline
  • to take leave
  • ballad (archaic poetic genre)
  • variant of 詞|词[ci2]

WORDS

形容 xíng róng cí adjective
dào cí variant of 悼詞|悼词[dao4 ci2]
kěn cí to decline with sincere thanks
tuō cí see 託詞|托词[tuo1 ci2]
振振有 zhèn zhèn yǒu cí to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions; also written 振振有詞|振振有词
wǎn cí an elegy; elegiac words
tuī cí to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
cuò cí wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
強硬 cuò cí qiáng yìng strongly-worded
jìng cí term of respect; honorific title; honorific (in grammar)
wén cí language; words
chǔ cí Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC)
欲加之罪,何患無 yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb; Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
發語 fā yǔ cí literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
祝酒 zhù jiǔ cí short speech given in proposing a toast
義不容 yì bù róng cí not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom); incumbent; bounden (duty)
義正嚴 yì zhèng cí yán to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
zhì cí to express in words or writing; to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc); to address (an audience); same as 致詞|致词
與世長 yǔ shì cháng cí to die; to depart from the world forever
萬死不 wàn sǐ bù cí ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out
袖珍典 xiù zhēn cí diǎn pocket dictionary
luǒ cí to quit one's job (without having another one)
yán cí words; expression; what one says
tuō cí see 託詞|托词[tuo1 ci2]
shuō cí excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments