严词
yán cí
Pinyin

Definition

严词
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yán cí
  1. forceful (criticism etc)
  2. to use strong words

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dān cí
  1. 1 word
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
yán hán
  1. 1 bitter cold
  2. 2 severe winter
yán gé
  1. 1 strict
  2. 2 stringent
  3. 3 tight
  4. 4 rigorous
yán sù
  1. 1 solemn
  2. 2 grave
  3. 3 serious
  4. 4 earnest
  5. 5 severe
yán zhòng
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 serious
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 critical
zūn yán
  1. 1 dignity
  2. 2 sanctity
  3. 3 honor
  4. 4 majesty
gē cí
  1. 1 song lyric
  2. 2 lyrics
tái cí
  1. 1 an actor's lines
  2. 2 dialogue
  3. 3 Taiwanese word
  1. 1 word
  2. 2 statement
  3. 3 speech
  4. 4 lyrics
  5. 5 CL:組|组[zǔ],個|个[gè]
  6. 6 a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Sòng cháo]
  7. 7 CL:首[shǒu]
guān jiàn cí
  1. 1 keyword
dài míng cí
  1. 1 pronoun
  2. 2 synonym
  3. 3 byword
gòng cí
  1. 1 confession
  2. 2 statement
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gōng cí]
dòng cí
  1. 1 verb
fǎn yì cí
  1. 1 antonym
míng cí
  1. 1 noun
Yán
  1. 1 surname Yan
yán dōng
  1. 1 severe winter
yán xíng
  1. 1 strict law
  2. 2 cruel punishment
  3. 3 to carry out cruel law rigorously
yán jiā
  1. 1 sternly
  2. 2 strictly
  3. 3 harshly
  4. 4 stringently
  5. 5 rigorously
yán lì
  1. 1 severe
  2. 2 strict

Idioms (20)

不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
包揽词讼
bāo lǎn cí sòng
  1. 1 to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery
各执一词
gè zhí yī cí
  1. 1 each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
含糊其词
hán hú qí cí
  1. 1 to equivocate
  2. 2 to talk evasively (idiom)
严以律己
yǎn yǐ lu:4 jǐ
  1. 1 to be strict with oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 to demand a lot of oneself
严以责己宽以待人
yán yǐ zé jǐ kuān yǐ dài rén
  1. 1 to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
严惩不贷
yán chéng bù dài
  1. 1 to punish severely (idiom)
严丝合缝
yán sī hé fèng
  1. 1 to fit tightly (idiom)
  2. 2 to join seamlessly
  3. 3 to fit snugly
强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
  1. 1 to twist words and force logic (idiom)
  2. 2 sophistry
  3. 3 loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
  4. 4 shoving false arguments down people's throats
从严惩处
cóng yán chéng chǔ
  1. 1 to deal with sb severely (idiom)
从难从严
cóng nán cóng yán
  1. 1 demanding and strict (idiom)
  2. 2 exacting
拙于言词
zhuō yú yán cí
  1. 1 to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)
振振有词
zhèn zhèn yǒu cí
  1. 1 to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí
  1. 1 (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
  2. 2 evasive
理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng
  1. 1 faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
  2. 2 without a leg to stand on
砌词捏控
qì cí niē kòng
  1. 1 to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)
义正辞严
yì zhèng cí yán
  1. 1 to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
色厉词严
sè lì cí yán
  1. 1 severe in both looks and speech (idiom)
词人墨客
cí rén mò kè
  1. 1 sb of literary abilities (idiom)
词约指明
cí yuē zhǐ míng
  1. 1 concise but unambiguous (idiom)

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