诺言
nuò yán
Pinyin

Definition

诺言
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nuò yán
  1. promise

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

liú yán
  1. 1 to leave a message
  2. 2 to leave one's comments
  3. 3 message
zhēn yán
  1. 1 admonition
  2. 2 exhortation
  3. 3 dictum
  4. 4 the biblical Book of Proverbs
yán
  1. 1 words
  2. 2 speech
  3. 3 to say
  4. 4 to talk
yán yǔ
  1. 1 words
  2. 2 speech
  3. 3 (spoken) language
yǔ yán
  1. 1 language
  2. 2 CL:門|门[mén],種|种[zhǒng]
huǎng yán
  1. 1 lie
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
sān yán liǎng yǔ
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
bù yán ér yù
  1. 1 it goes without saying
  2. 2 it is self-evident
dài yán
  1. 1 to be a spokesperson
  2. 2 to be an ambassador (for a brand)
  3. 3 to endorse
dài yán rén
  1. 1 spokesperson
chuán yán
  1. 1 rumor
  2. 2 hearsay
qián yán
  1. 1 preface
  2. 2 forward
  3. 3 introduction
qiān yán wàn yǔ
  1. 1 thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
  2. 2 talking nonstop
zhǐ yán piàn yǔ
  1. 1 just a word or two (idiom); a few isolated phrases
míng yán
  1. 1 saying
  2. 2 famous remark
tǎn yán
  1. 1 to say candidly
  2. 2 to acknowledge frankly
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

谁也擦不掉我们许下的诺言。
shéi yě cā bùdiào wǒmen xǔxià de nuòyán 。
No one can erase the promises we’ve made
公主答应了青蛙。但是她心里却想:“哼,你这只丑陋的青蛙吹什么牛啊!”可是没想到,青蛙真的找到了小金球。这下公主着急了。她不想履行自己的诺言,于是飞快地跑回王宫。
gōngzhǔ dāying le qīngwā 。dànshì tā xīnli què xiǎng :“hèng ,nǐ zhè zhī chǒulòu de qīngwā chuī shénme niú a !”kěshì méixiǎngdào ,qīngwā zhēnde zhǎodào le xiǎo jīnqiú 。zhèxià gōngzhǔ zháojí le 。tā bù xiǎng lǚxíng zìjǐ de nuòyán ,yúshì fēikuài de pǎo huí wánggōng 。
The princess promised she would, but in her heart she thought, “Hah! You ugly frog. You're only boasting!” She never thought that the frog really would find the small golden ball. After he did, she became nervous. She didn't want to keep the promise she had made and she ran back to the castle as fast as she could.
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