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严词
yán cí
Pinyin
Definition
严词
-
yán cí
forceful (criticism etc)
to use strong words
Character Decomposition
严
一
丷
一
厂
词
讠
㇆
一
口
Related Words
(20)
单词
dān cí
1
word
2
CL:個|个[gè]
严寒
yán hán
1
bitter cold
2
severe winter
严格
yán gé
1
strict
2
stringent
3
tight
4
rigorous
严肃
yán sù
1
solemn
2
grave
3
serious
4
earnest
5
severe
严重
yán zhòng
1
grave
2
serious
3
severe
4
critical
尊严
zūn yán
1
dignity
2
sanctity
3
honor
4
majesty
歌词
gē cí
1
song lyric
2
lyrics
台词
tái cí
1
an actor's lines
2
dialogue
3
Taiwanese word
词
cí
1
word
2
statement
3
speech
4
lyrics
5
CL:組|组[zǔ],個|个[gè]
6
a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Sòng cháo]
7
CL:首[shǒu]
关键词
guān jiàn cí
1
keyword
代名词
dài míng cí
1
pronoun
2
synonym
3
byword
供词
gòng cí
1
confession
2
statement
3
Taiwan pr. [gōng cí]
动词
dòng cí
1
verb
反义词
fǎn yì cí
1
antonym
名词
míng cí
1
noun
严
Yán
1
surname Yan
严冬
yán dōng
1
severe winter
严刑
yán xíng
1
strict law
2
cruel punishment
3
to carry out cruel law rigorously
严加
yán jiā
1
sternly
2
strictly
3
harshly
4
stringently
5
rigorously
严厉
yán lì
1
severe
2
strict
Idioms
(20)
不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
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
to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery
各执一词
gè zhí yī cí
1
each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
含糊其词
hán hú qí cí
1
to equivocate
2
to talk evasively (idiom)
严以律己
yǎn yǐ lu:4 jǐ
1
to be strict with oneself (idiom)
2
to demand a lot of oneself
严以责己宽以待人
yán yǐ zé jǐ kuān yǐ dài rén
1
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
严惩不贷
yán chéng bù dài
1
to punish severely (idiom)
严丝合缝
yán sī hé fèng
1
to fit tightly (idiom)
2
to join seamlessly
3
to fit snugly
强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
1
to twist words and force logic (idiom)
2
sophistry
3
loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
4
shoving false arguments down people's throats
从严惩处
cóng yán chéng chǔ
1
to deal with sb severely (idiom)
从难从严
cóng nán cóng yán
1
demanding and strict (idiom)
2
exacting
拙于言词
zhuō yú yán cí
1
to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)
振振有词
zhèn zhèn yǒu cí
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
(idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
2
evasive
理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng
1
faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
2
without a leg to stand on
砌词捏控
qì cí niē kòng
1
to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)
义正辞严
yì zhèng cí yán
1
to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
色厉词严
sè lì cí yán
1
severe in both looks and speech (idiom)
词人墨客
cí rén mò kè
1
sb of literary abilities (idiom)
词约指明
cí yuē zhǐ míng
1
concise but unambiguous (idiom)
Sample Sentences