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至理名言
zhì lǐ míng yán
Pinyin
Definition
至理名言
-
zhì lǐ míng yán
wise saying
words of wisdom
Character Decomposition
至
至
理
王
里
名
夕
口
言
言
Related Words
(20)
名
míng
1
name
2
noun (part of speech)
3
place (e.g. among winners)
4
famous
5
classifier for people
名单
míng dān
1
list of names
名字
míng zi
1
name (of a person or thing)
2
CL:個|个[gè]
心理
xīn lǐ
1
psychology
2
mentality
成名
chéng míng
1
to make one's name
2
to become famous
排名
pái míng
1
to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
2
ranking
理想
lǐ xiǎng
1
an ideal
2
a dream
3
ideal
4
perfect
理由
lǐ yóu
1
reason
2
grounds
3
justification
4
CL:個|个[gè]
理解
lǐ jiě
1
to comprehend
2
to understand
3
comprehension
4
understanding
甚至
shèn zhì
1
even
2
so much so that
管理
guǎn lǐ
1
to supervise
2
to manage
3
to administer
4
management
5
administration
6
CL:個|个[gè]
箴言
zhēn yán
1
admonition
2
exhortation
3
dictum
4
the biblical Book of Proverbs
至
zhì
1
to arrive
2
most
3
to
4
until
至少
zhì shǎo
1
at least
2
(to say the) least
处理
chǔ lǐ
1
to handle
2
to treat
3
to deal with
4
to process
5
to deal with a criminal case
6
to mete out punishment
7
to offer for sale at a reduced price
8
to punish
言
yán
1
words
2
speech
3
to say
4
to talk
语言
yǔ yán
1
language
2
CL:門|门[mén],種|种[zhǒng]
道理
dào li
1
reason
2
argument
3
sense
4
principle
5
basis
6
justification
7
CL:個|个[gè]
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
1
one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
不理
bù lǐ
1
to refuse to acknowledge
2
to pay no attention to
3
to take no notice of
4
to ignore
Idioms
(20)
一言一动
yī yán yī dòng
1
(one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
1
every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
1
to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
1
one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
1
one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
2
in a nutshell
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
1
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
2
words of enormous weight
一言既出,驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
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
(idiom) it's a deal
2
that's settled then
一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
1
each word carries weight
2
a promise must be kept (idiom)
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
1
hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
一蹴即至
yī cù jí zhì
1
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
2
success at a stroke
3
to get results overnight
三言两句
sān yán liǎng jù
1
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ
1
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
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
inexpressible (idiom)
2
beyond description
不可理喻
bù kě lǐ yù
1
to be impervious to reason (idiom)
2
unreasonable
不可言喻
bù kě yán yù
1
inexpressible (idiom)
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
1
not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
1
not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不理不睬
bù lǐ bù cǎi
1
to completely ignore (idiom)
2
to pay no attention to
3
not to be in the least concerned about
Sample Sentences