严辞
yán cí
Pinyin

Definition

严辞
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yán cí
  1. stern words

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

严寒
yán hán
  1. 1 bitter cold
  2. 2 severe winter
严格
yán gé
  1. 1 strict
  2. 2 stringent
  3. 3 tight
  4. 4 rigorous
严肃
yán sù
  1. 1 solemn
  2. 2 grave
  3. 3 serious
  4. 4 earnest
  5. 5 severe
严重
yán zhòng
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 serious
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 critical
尊严
zūn yán
  1. 1 dignity
  2. 2 sanctity
  3. 3 honor
  4. 4 majesty
辞职
cí zhí
  1. 1 to resign
不辞而别
bù cí ér bié
  1. 1 to leave without saying good-bye
修辞
xiū cí
  1. 1 rhetoric
严
Yán
  1. 1 surname Yan
严冬
yán dōng
  1. 1 severe winter
严加
yán jiā
  1. 1 sternly
  2. 2 strictly
  3. 3 harshly
  4. 4 stringently
  5. 5 rigorously
严厉
yán lì
  1. 1 severe
  2. 2 strict
严严实实
yán yán shí shí
  1. 1 (sealed) tightly
  2. 2 (wrapped) closely
  3. 3 (covered) completely
严密
yán mì
  1. 1 strict
  2. 2 tight (organization, surveillance etc)
严实
yán shi
  1. 1 (sealed) tight
  2. 2 close
  3. 3 (hidden) safely
  4. 4 securely
严峻
yán jùn
  1. 1 grim
  2. 2 severe
  3. 3 rigorous
严惩
yán chéng
  1. 1 to punish severely
严查
yán chá
  1. 1 to investigate strictly
严禁
yán jìn
  1. 1 to strictly prohibit
严苛
yán kē
  1. 1 severe
  2. 2 harsh

Idioms (17)

一辞莫赞
yī cí mò zàn
  1. 1 left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)
不以辞害志
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
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
在所不辞
zài suǒ bù cí
  1. 1 not to refuse to (idiom)
  2. 2 not to hesitate to
大放厥辞
dà fàng jué cí
  1. 1 great release of talk (idiom); to spout nonsense
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
振振有辞
zhèn zhèn yǒu cí
  1. 1 to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
  2. 2 also written 振振有詞|振振有词
欲加之罪，何患无辞
yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí
  1. 1 If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
  2. 2 Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
义不容辞
yì bù róng cí
  1. 1 not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)
  2. 2 incumbent
  3. 3 bounden (duty)
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)
万死不辞
wàn sǐ bù cí
  1. 1 ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out
难辞其咎
nán cí qí jiù
  1. 1 cannot escape censure (idiom)
  2. 2 has to bear the blame

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