言谈
yán tán
Pinyin

Definition

言谈
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yán tán
  1. discourse
  2. words
  3. utterance
  4. what one says
  5. manner of speech

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

留言
liú yán
  1. 1 to leave a message
  2. 2 to leave one's comments
  3. 3 message
箴言
zhēn yán
  1. 1 admonition
  2. 2 exhortation
  3. 3 dictum
  4. 4 the biblical Book of Proverbs
言
yán
  1. 1 words
  2. 2 speech
  3. 3 to say
  4. 4 to talk
言语
yán yǔ
  1. 1 words
  2. 2 speech
  3. 3 (spoken) language
语言
yǔ yán
  1. 1 language
  2. 2 CL:門|门[mén],種|种[zhǒng]
谎言
huǎng yán
  1. 1 lie
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
不言而喻
bù yán ér yù
  1. 1 it goes without saying
  2. 2 it is self-evident
代言
dài yán
  1. 1 to be a spokesperson
  2. 2 to be an ambassador (for a brand)
  3. 3 to endorse
代言人
dài yán rén
  1. 1 spokesperson
传言
chuán yán
  1. 1 rumor
  2. 2 hearsay
前言
qián yán
  1. 1 preface
  2. 2 forward
  3. 3 introduction
千言万语
qiān yán wàn yǔ
  1. 1 thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
  2. 2 talking nonstop
只言片语
zhǐ yán piàn yǔ
  1. 1 just a word or two (idiom); a few isolated phrases
名言
míng yán
  1. 1 saying
  2. 2 famous remark
坦言
tǎn yán
  1. 1 to say candidly
  2. 2 to acknowledge frankly
失言
shī yán
  1. 1 slip of the tongue
  2. 2 indiscretion
  3. 3 to blurt out a secret

Idioms (20)

一言一动
yī yán yī dòng
  1. 1 (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. 2 words of enormous weight
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言为定
yī yán wéi dìng
  1. 1 (idiom) it's a deal
  2. 2 that's settled then
一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
三言两句
sān yán liǎng jù
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不可胜言
bù kě shèng yán
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
  2. 2 beyond description
不可言喻
bù kě yán yù
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不言不语
bù yán bù yǔ
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep silent
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
  1. 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)

Sample Sentences

看来现在言谈举止得小心一点，指不定哪天自己也成“傻星”了。
kànlai xiànzài yántán jǔzhǐ děi xiǎoxīn yīdiǎn ，zhǐbudìng nǎ tiān zìjǐ yě chéng “shǎxīng ”le 。
Yeah. Oh, do you know where Budapest is?
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也是，我们已经太习惯不假思索地给事物下定义了，因为这样不但可以省去很多论证的辛苦，还可以在言谈间显得有趣又高明。
yě shì ，wǒmen yǐjīng tài xíguàn bùjiǎsīsuǒ de gěi shìwù xià dìngyì le ，yīnwèi zhèyàng bùdàn kěyǐ shěng qù hěn duō lùnzhèng de xīnkǔ ，hái kěyǐ zài yántán jiān xiǎnde yǒuqù yòu gāomíng 。
I guess that's true. We are already too accustomed to giving things a definition without thinking. This not only saves us from the pain of actually having to expound on a point, but it can also make us appear interesting and feel superior in conversation.
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